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Rich Bawinkel

Rich Bawinkel is a retired pastor who has served churches in the Reformed Church in America and the Kingdom Network. He is married to Anne and serves as a musician in their local church, as the administrator of the Kingdom Network, and on the Words of Hope Board of Directors.
Devotionals

The New Remains

Read: Isaiah 66:15-24 The new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me. (v. 22) When we buy something new, we accept the fact that it

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Devotionals

What Will We Do?

Read: Revelation 7:9-17 They are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night. (v. 15) As you think about eternity in the promised land of the new

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Who Lives There?

Read: Revelation 22:12-21 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by

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Devotionals

Back to Eden

Read: Revelation 22:1-10 On either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. (v. 2) Adam and Eve enjoyed

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No Church Building in Heaven!

Read: Revelation 21:22-27 I saw no temple in the city. (v. 22) The church my wife and I attend meets in a classic church building. It’s beautiful, the kind of

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Know God, Know Peace

Read: Isaiah 11:1-9 The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD. (v. 9) Maybe you’ve heard the saying: “No God, no peace. Know God, know peace.” That’s

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Beautiful Beyond Description

Read: Revelation 21:9-21 The city was pure gold, like clear glass (v. 18). When I was a teenager, one of my Sunday school teachers collected rocks and gems. He had

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Transformed Bodies

Read: 1 Corinthians 15:42-56 The dead will be raised imperishable. (v. 52) Do you ever look in the mirror and wish that your hair wasn’t so thin? Do you get

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Heaven on Earth

Read: Revelation 21:1-14 I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (v. 2) Have you ever

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