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Author: J.D. Walt

Rise: The Great Fifty Days 16

Rise is Seedbed’s early morning devotional series. It’s a glimpse of first light, a companion to your first cup of coffee, something to dwell on as you begin the day. This week features short readings from some of the Easter hymns of Charles Wesley.

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Rise: The Great Fifty Days 15

Rise is Seedbed’s early morning devotional series. It’s a glimpse of first light, a companion to your first cup of coffee, something to dwell on as you begin the day. This week features short readings from some of the Easter hymns of Charles Wesley.

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The Saturday Post w/ Timothy Tennent on the Future of the United Methodist Church

Today’s Saturday Post features an article by Timothy C. Tennent, President of Asbury Theological Seminary. The article, posted earlier on www.timothytennent.com, has received widespread attention at the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (presently underway). He offers incisive and bold guidance on what it would take to recover United Methodism as an apostolic movement. Read and Share. 

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Rise: The Great Fifty Days 14

This week, the Rise series includes excerpts from “SEEDS: A Scattering of Groundbreaking Ideas,” featuring the likes of Jeremy Taylor, Thomas a’Kempis, John Fletcher and Martin Luther. They are words to feast on upon rising. Enjoy and Share.

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Rise: The Great Fifty Days 13

This week, the Rise series includes excerpts from “SEEDS: A Scattering of Groundbreaking Ideas,” featuring the likes of Jeremy Taylor, Thomas a’Kempis, John Fletcher and Martin Luther. They are words to feast on upon rising. Enjoy and Share.

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Rise: The Great Fifty Days 12

This week, the Rise series includes excerpts from “SEEDS: A Scattering of Groundbreaking Ideas,” featuring the likes of Jeremy Taylor, Thomas a’Kempis, John Fletcher and Martin Luther. They are words to feast on upon rising. Enjoy and Share.

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Rise: The Great Fifty Days 11

This week, the Rise series includes excerpts from “SEEDS: A Scattering of Groundbreaking Ideas,” featuring the likes of Jeremy Taylor, Thomas a’Kempis, John Fletcher and Martin Luther. They are words to feast on upon rising. Enjoy and Share.

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Rise: The Great Fifty Days 10

This week, the Rise series includes excerpts from “SEEDS: A Scattering of Groundbreaking Ideas,” featuring the likes of Jeremy Taylor, Thomas a’Kempis, John Fletcher and Martin Luther. They are words to feast on upon rising. Enjoy and Share.

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The Saturday Post: He is risen. . . . . indeed?

In this week’s Saturday Post, J.D. Walt examines the initial response to Easter and its implications for how we respond today. “We’ve come to think of Easter as a predictable slam dunk when in reality, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave is a full length court, nothing but net buzzer-beater with all it’s impossibility, surprise, elation, astonishment and yes, disbelief. ”

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The Saturday (evening) Post with Rob Mehner

Today’s Saturday (evening) Post comes from guest writer, Rob Mehner. In the article he remembers the famed (or infamous) buzzer beater shot by Chrisitan Laettner that propelled Duke into the 1992 Final Four and sent Kentucky back home. He makes a compelling analogy with the way we understand or misunderstand the nature of salvation.

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