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Steve Durkac

Hospice Chaplain on Dying, Grief, and Biblical Faith

 
 
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Monthly Archives: November 2020

When Brides Get Bamboozled

Steve Durkac Posted on November 20, 2020 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

I don’t have any survey or research study to confirm my opinion, but I think brides tend to get bamboozled by the groom more than a groom gets bamboozled by the bride. I have some horror stories in my experience of officiating over 5000 weddings that point to the bride as intentionally deceiving the groom in order to get married, … Continue reading →

Posted in Wedding Notes | Tagged After the Wedding, bamboozled bride, bride, faker, Groom, Job 2:25, Psalm 37:4, wolf in sheep's clothing

God Knows, Even the Hairs of your Head

Steve Durkac Posted on November 18, 2020 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

There is a verse in Matthew 10:30 that says that “the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” The context of the verse is Jesus telling the disciples to have no fear for those who oppose them. Jesus says, and I paraphrase, don’t fear those that can kill you when your Father God cares for even the sparrows, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Deeper Faith | Tagged John 10:29, Matthew 10:27-31, Matthew 10:30, Psalm 56:11, Romans 8:31

Premarital Conflict Assessment

Steve Durkac Posted on November 14, 2020 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

I like assessment tools that are simple and not crazy complicated just to tell you something that you already know — marriage is going to have conflicts. I am a big believer in the 5 Love Languages, the 1 Corinthians 13 Practices, and the assessment tool that I developed below, using the word FORGIVE as a guide to work through … Continue reading →

Posted in Wedding Notes | Tagged After the Wedding, assessment, conflict, marriage care, marriage conflict, premarital counseling

Approaching the Apocalypse

Steve Durkac Posted on November 13, 2020 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

The first verse of Revelation sets the approach for the prophecy we sometimes call the Apocalypse. It begins, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass” (Revelation 1:1). Revelation 1:1 points our attention to the Lord Jesus Christ as the focal point of the book and … Continue reading →

Posted in Revelation Notes | Tagged bible prophecy, Dispensationalism vs Historicism, Futurists, historicism, Historicists, Jewish Festival, Revelation, Revelation 1:1, Sanctuary, Thru Revelation

Popery, Antichrist, & Reformers

Steve Durkac Posted on November 13, 2020 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

Many Bible teachers today point to the Antichrist of Bible prophecy as a very devilish character with obvious ill motives, but the understanding within Christian history is different. The word “anti” doesn’t just mean “against,” it means “in place of” so the more accurate view of an Antichrist would be one who puts himself in place of Christ. Below are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged Anti-Christ, Antichrist, Beast, bible prophecy, Daniel 7, Little Horn, Papacy, Pope, reformers, Revelation 1:3, Thru Revelation

Luke 16:19-31 and Story of Lazarus?

Steve Durkac Posted on November 12, 2020 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

In Luke 16:19-31 we have a story that Jesus told about a rich man who went to hell and Lazarus, a poor man who went to heaven. At question is, using this account as a literal story or example of what happens after we die? I frequently hear ministers point to this story as evidence of what happens after we … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged 10, Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31, Rich Man, Rich Man and Lazarus

The Mom I Knew

Steve Durkac Posted on November 6, 2020 by Steve DurkacApril 23, 2024

My mother passed away on October 21, 2020 after a long battle with Alzheimer/Dementia. I wrote about my mother and the smile I miss at my previous blog post titled Irene H. Durkac. Her Catholic funeral mass was conducted on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 in Rossford, Ohio and the funeral home’s obituary was published a few days prior to that … Continue reading →

Posted in Mere Observations | Tagged Adoption, Alzheimer, Catholic Charities Adoption Agency, Dementia, Fargo, grief, Irene H Durkac, John 14:27, North Dakota, Ohio, Rossford
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