by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 13, 2023 | repentance, righteousness
Alexander Solzhenitzen was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union with his writings, including “The Gulag Archipelago” in 1973. He was exiled from Russia in 1974 for his...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2023 | righteousness, spiritual life, Ten Commandments, theology, Wisdom
Someone asked me a few years ago about a quote attributed to Jesus, wanting to know the precise source and wording used in Scripture. The caller had heard the phrase at a funeral and wanted to remember exactly what it was this deceased friend had been heard to say...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 10, 2022 | Faith, love, righteousness
Someone posted a meme in social media about the mark of Christianity being the ability to love Judas as well as Jesus. I actually have considered that before. If satan had to ask to sift Peter, then he would have also had to ask permission of the sovereign God to sift...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 7, 2022 | Ministry, missions, righteousness
I described myself in a social media setting as as “molded by Wesleyan theology, love the Word and Spirit, believe social holiness arises from personal holiness and am called to spread scriptural holiness to the world.” I was asked what’s the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 3, 2022 | perseverance, righteousness
In each of us lies the image of God ….. Christ himself awaits revelation and the fullness of God’s glory within my own spirit. Can I provide fertile soil and cultivation for The Vine that my life might yield fruit??? As God desires, may I be sown….. C.S. Lewis (The...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 3, 2022 | Bible Study, righteousness
7/3/22 Today our pastor continued a series entitled “Timeless Bible Stories.” The featured story was of Noah and the ark from Genesis 6:9-8:14. The major points of the story are familiar to us but there are some subtleties that struck me today as we read...
