satan always blinds your mind to the facts and consequences of your circumstances AT THE MOMENT….. Rev. Charles Stanley (From a January 13, 2019 sermon on the prodigal son) living in the moment….. the next step after such a life will always be downward....
Could we, as Christians, strive to be biblical instead of always deferring to culture in our use of language? The culture exalts the physical and its reference to the triadic nature of mankind reflects the culture’s priority- body, mind, and spirit. 1...
I had pondered why Jesus was born in the line of Judah instead of that of Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben, as might have been expected based on the Jews’ emphasis on the firstborn’s rights. On the surface of it I didn’t see the rationale. I knew in my spirit that the answer...
“Behold!” With each step of Jesus’ life and ministry described in scripture we are given revelations of the truth of who he is through the eyes of first one person after another – Mary and Joseph, shepherds and Magi, Simeon and Anna, John the Baptist, satan (in...
Such a flawed instrument of your love and grace, Lord…….. like David, in 2 Samuel 6. There are so many things here to observe about David that are unbecoming…. After he defeated the Philistines, he went marching off “as to war” to regain God’s Ark in Judah but God...
The difference 8 days can make…….. Consider this event after Christ’s Resurrection: Jn 20:19-29- 19 Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, (which was Resurrection Sunday) and when the doors were shut where the disciples...
