Author Archives: Rick Wadholm

Escaping the Darkness? A Psalm

A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite.         O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night … Continue reading

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Daniel 2 – Dreams From God

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> <!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> 2:1-3 – The disturbing dreams of a king. (cf. Gen.41)  Nebuchadnezzar appears to have had dreams that were disturbing his sleep and the notation of time seems confusing (“in the … Continue reading

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Daniel 1 – When In Exile….

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> <!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> Brief Introduction to the Book – Daniel was taken into captivity in the summer of 605BC while Jehoiachim son of Josiah was king of Judah some time after the Babylonians … Continue reading

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Farewell Good-Fellow

Last night I said my fairwells to a good friend of late.  We had become intensely acquainted with one another over this last year spending many days every week (and many, many hours each of those days).  While it is … Continue reading

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Ezekiel 47-48 – The River And The Land

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> 47:1-6 – A trickle from the temple becomes a great river.  The location that Ezekiel is shown may indicate where the “sea” was once kept in Solomon’s temple, but there is no mention of such … Continue reading

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Worship of the Living and the Dead

Strange are the self-worshipers, since they worship carrion. (Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran pg. 53) Oh, that we would recognize our death, as the very dry bones filling the valley of Ezekiel’s vision (Eze.37)!  Our sins have slain us and … Continue reading

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Ezekiel 45-46 – Sacred Land and Days

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> By Clarence Larkin (click to enlarge) 45:1-6 – The sacred district.  The full sacred area would cover an area seven miles wide and seven miles long.  One section stretching seven miles long and three miles … Continue reading

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Praying for Palestinians

This is one of the reasons my heart breaks for the Palestinian people.  I pray that there will be peace in Israel and the Palestinian territories.  It is inherently evil what some Israelis have continued to perpetrate against their Palestinian … Continue reading

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Nursery Rhymes With Bultmann and Wright

I just received a humorous reading of “Humpty Dumpty by N. T. Wright” (thanks to Jason Hood) and he further had a link to Bultmann’s reading of “Mother Goose”.  These are a little too close to reality…see what you think.  … Continue reading

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The Church and Same-Sex Attraction

I recently read one of the finest (albeit sadly too brief) expositions for how the church ought to deal with issues of same-sex attraction.  It was an article written by Dr. Melody D. Palm (of the Assembly of God Theological … Continue reading

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