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John Koedyker

Rev. John C. Koedyker is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He has served as a missionary to Japan as well as pastor of several churches in Iowa and Michigan. Until recently he served Muskegon Classis as its Stated Clerk for 18 years. He resides in Grand Haven, Michigan.
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Persecutor of Christians

Read: Acts 8:1-4 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. (v. 3) I am a

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A Young Man Named Saul

Read: Acts 7:54–8:1 And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. (v. 58) We usually refer to him as Paul, but that

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A Certain Young Man

Read: Mark 14:51-52 And there followed him a certain young man . . . (v. 51 KJV) At first reading, these two verses seem very strange. What would be the

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Final Words

Read: Mark 16:9-20 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had

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The Resurrection

Read: Mark 16:1-8 He has risen; he is not here. (v. 6) This morning, Christians around the world are greeting each other with these words: “He is risen!” “He is

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What Changed Joseph

Read: Mark 15:42-47 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked

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Crying Out in the Dark

Read: Mark 15:33-37 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice. (v. 34) It was a dark day, the day we call Good Friday. As Jesus hung on

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A Love without Limits

Read: Mark 15:29-32 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself,

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Mocking Jesus

Read: Mark 15:16-30 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. (v. 20) The Apostles’ Creed tells us

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