from 3/31/2021 Winnow: blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff….. to be blown through by a wind …. When I felt discontent building as I adjusted to widowhood in the lakeside home where Bill and I had lived for 16 years, and in...
John, as an apostolic witness, informs our understanding of Christ’s teaching through his writing about The Vine and the Branches- John 15:1-10 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while...
Jesus said He had to leave for the benefit of His followers, so the Comforter could come…. Jesus knew we would depend on seeing Him with our own eyes, on having His physical Presence, as long as we could. We could never mature in the Spirit while depending on...
I had a 7th grade English teacher named Mrs. Maddox, who told us that a preposition was essentially defined in the same way as by the manner a squirrel could relate to a tree…..the squirrel can go: over, under, to, in, around , through, to, behind, before,...
“The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.” When the Spirit of the Lord abides with...
I got a message from a former student and friend who asked: Hi Mrs. C, when you get a chance, could you please help me understand this? I randomly came across the scripture in my Bible study yesterday after speaking with a friend about the seriousness of blasphemy but...
