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April 5, 2025 - By bonniejmartin

But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail. Luke 23:23 (NASB) The noise was deafening. Evil chanting for blood. Wickedness waiting to devour the unblemished Lamb. The purity was too much for such depravity. It revealed too much of their sin, so the solution seemed to be death. Do away with Him who was Light on their darkness. To darkness they sent Him. Flesh splitting nails into splintered wood. Gush of blood and water. Raised up for all to see the spectacle of dripping life. Great drops of life from…

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The Cross

March 29, 2024 - By bonniejmartin

He lifted all of the wrath of God off me and placed it on Himself.

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Holy Presence

February 28, 2024 - By bonniejmartin

Claiming the Cross completed my conversion.

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50/50 Shot

February 18, 2024 - By bonniejmartin

He lovingly holds out His hand and offers to pull us up out of the mud and muck.

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Celebrate the Resurrection

April 12, 2020 - By bonniejmartin

Friday evening before the sun set, Joseph took the body of Jesus and placed that body in a tomb. He placed a large stone in front of it. Guards stood by that sealed tomb to make sure no one stole that body. Futile job! Then the Sabbath rest. On the third day, Mary and Mary went early to the grave. They found that large stone rolled away and a frightening angel telling them to not be afraid. The guards were way beyond frightened. That angel gave them news to share. Then and there those women became the very first missionaries…

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Before Thanksgiving consider the Cross

November 25, 2014 - By bonniejmartin

This was posted originally five years ago. I needed to hear it again. Maybe you do too. Guilty. Beyond a reasonable doubt. No other logical explanation. The proof is smeared on the hands. Look at them. There are traces of red remaining. Murderer. That spike split skin and vessels and cartilage and tendons. And not only once but three times. Blood spewed from the impact of the hammer. The hand holding the spike is splattered. Skin and metal piercing the wood. The eyes of the one being nailed to the very tree of death watched every move. Knowing all too…

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