I got up one morning a few weeks ago, while on a six week stay in Germany, and wondered where I was going. No, not with my career, that’s doing fine thank you. Not my marriage, no problems there. It… Read More ›
Jesus
All Have Eternal Life
The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator – Saint Catherine’s Monastery. The two different facial expressions on either side emphasize Christ’s dual nature as both divine and human. If you have ever heard a sermon preached on eternal life, then… Read More ›
Who does God choose?
Below is a recent devotional from Greg Laurie. http://www.harvest.org/ I have written a commentary after. Not Ability, but Availability “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise… Read More ›
You Are Not Alone
“…I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.”—Matthew 28:19 (Message Translation) What do you do when you are feeling all alone? Far too often, for far too… Read More ›
The Birth of Death
Death was a concept not yet introduced to the world in Genesis 4. At least not in the physical sense. For all we know our remote ancestors thought that death equaled thorns in the earth and pain in childbirth. That’s… Read More ›
YOUR LIFE APART FROM GOD
by Neil Anderson Romans 8:13, 14 If by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are… Read More ›
YOUR NEW SKIPPER
by Neil Anderson Romans 8:12, 13 We are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh–for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die When I was in the Navy, we called… Read More ›
Don’t Despise Small Things, Part 3
Romans 2:4 “Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?” When you experience the riches of God’s goodness, His extreme forbearance (tolerance), His ability to… Read More ›
Don’t Despise Small Things, Part 2
Matthew 18:35 “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.” In the verse above Jesus tells of a parable where a man was forgiven a… Read More ›
Why I Believe
This is an event that some of you know that happened in my life…one of the ways God directly answered me, in a really miraculous and wonderful way. It’s not my salvation experience. It actually happened 18 years after I… Read More ›
In Praise of our Father
Proverbs 30 1 The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an oracle: This man declared to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ucal: 2 “I am the most ignorant of men; I do not have a man’s understanding. 3 I have not learned wisdom, nor… Read More ›
The Wedding – a Short Story
She stood in the middle of the room, looking at the people gathered there, trying not to feel self-conscious at her own attire. The rags of her life hung in ripped and dirty tatters around her feet. Shame crept in… Read More ›
The True Chain of Command
by Neil Anderson March 3 THE TRUE CHAIN OF COMMAND Luke 10:17 Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name It was an eye-opening experience for the disciples to discover that the demons were subject… Read More ›
Hmmm… An Excellent Fixed Point
In the movie, The Patriot, actor Mel Gibson’s character, Benjamin Martin, refers to “staying the course”, a phrase his deceased wife often gave when he was in danger of losing his focus. In this Hmmm, from Karin over at My… Read More ›
Theft by Disciple?
Did the disciples steal Jesus’ body? Is that why the tomb was empty? Matthew relates in his gospel that the Jewish leaders bribed the guards who had been at Jesus’ tomb to say just that (Matthew 28:11-15). I have heard… Read More ›
The Secret of Being Content…
Most of the time I blend in pretty well here. Yes, my skin is lighter than most, but since my hair is black, and my eyes are brown, I can usually go unnoticed. It isn’t until I mumble some verbless sentence that… Read More ›