We realize that the mark of Cain stands upon our foreheads. Across the centuries our brother Abel has lain in blood which we drew or which we caused to be shed by forgetting your love. Forgive us for the curse we falsely attached to their name as Jews. Forgive us for crucifying you a...
ATTITUDE #1: WORSHIP.Try to define worship and the exercise quickly opens into a very large umbrella that the Bible stuffs a lot of action underneath. You can worship God through prayer, fasting, singing, reading and meditating on His Word, tithes and offerings, work, life, common grace acts...
intended to be emblematical of the extinction of slavery. A hole having been dug in the ground attached to the Suffield school-room, a coffin also having been prepared, and the ordinary instruments of slavery — a chain, a whip, an iron collar, &c. — having been deposited in it, a ...
If any of you have a tug on your heart you might be on the way to discovering why Jesus can’t come back yet. He wants to come back for a victorious church. If you are in a church and cannot say your in a victorious church you are actually in a religion group meeting. You love...
Sony owns Provident Label Group, a so-called "Christian" record label, which publishes for Building 429, Cain, Casting Crowns, I Am They, Jamie Kimmett, Jars of Clay, Leanna Crawford, Lydia Laird, Matt Maher, Matthew West, Michael W. Smith, One Sonic Society, Red, Red Rocks Worship, ...
1. The guys aren’t in the video. Why? Because we couldn’t make that happen. Not enough time and not enough money. It was easy for me to go to a studio and get some footage of me at least singing parts and playing the solo (which I played in the album). ...
[iii] I hadn’t noticed this before, but in the verses that proceed, Cain is the ‘firstborn’ son of Adam and Eve. Younger brother Abel came later. Birth order (despite the emphasis on firstborn in Judaism) was not the primary consideration here. [iv] For a discussion of this, see...
Sept. 1, 2024:Cain and Nimrod(Lesson begins at the 40 second mark.) Sept. 8, 2024:Pharoah and Balak(Lesson begins at the 15′ 40″ mark) Sept. 15, 2024:Sisera and Abimelech(Lesson begins at the 8′ 14″ mark) Sept. 22, 2024:Goliath ...
While in Georgia visiting my daughter, I was watching a trio sing in a Sunday worship service. I was having reflex discomfort at that precise moment. The singing was so moving, I cried softly. I asked the Lord to please help me and lift the pressure in my esophagus; I told Him I was...
They say God marked me, like Cain, though I never murdered anyone like he did. But murder followed me anyway, so they say. God can smile on her once I leave. The slight, rhythmic thump of her rocker punctuates her humming of “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” His eye is on you, ...