Now the Glory of Jehovah rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. … The sight of the Glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up […]
The Fire Ban – Pentecost Read More »
A few posts ago, facing Herod’s slaughter of the innocent children in his attempt to destroy Jesus, we began a contemplation as to why the innocent suffer. At first our human nature immediately accuses God of mismanaging the universe, but we then stand under the hypocrisy of demanding free will and yet condemning God for
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And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your Name, which You have given Me, that they may be one, even as We are one. John 17:11 Father of the famous and influential US
Of Pennies and Unity – Easter 7 Read More »
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth. [Acts 1:8] A young boy just finished reading John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. When asked about what he like best, the boy
He Chose Christiana – Ascension and Mother’s Day Read More »
I am the Vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing… You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. [John 15:5,16] Eventually,
The Branch and the Unblemished Fruit- Easter 5 Read More »
Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. I must
Suffering: Looking Backward, Forward, or at God Read More »
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. [I John 3:16] Maxine Glover in the “Life’s Like That” feature in Reader’s Digest [no date on page 216] wrote about that when her father retired, he enrolled – and
You Should Have Been There – Easter 4 (2) Read More »
Some years ago, a minister was going through a great deal of stress. Although he was hanging on, his wife exploded in frustration and in a sense of betrayal, asking why God was allowing this to happen. What I appreciate about the account of that outburst is that it made me think immediately of Job’s
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By this we know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. [I John 3:19-20] Today’s Epistle [I John 3:18-24] is a passage that contains such a wealth on the Gospel and Christian life that
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