Of course, we fail. Some of you will have experience me being ungrateful and unkind. I and we can do better. Thankfully, though, we have a God who knows that we fail, and who has already been kind, loving and forgiving of us. We simply come back to him, say we’re sorry, ask ...
Today, 70% of the population of the Central African Republic are Christians. In my mind’s eye I see James in heaven, greeting saint after saint from West Central Africa, just as he imagined. But instead of sitting, I think James is standing and celebrating with all his heart. Sources: ...
God created and designed marriage, and He knows better than all marital counselors combined. Are you taking advantage of the world’s best marriage manual – the Bible. A short and simple sermon for sinners and saints. Love Is the Greatest All men by nature are malicious and hateful, and ...
[4] Based on a David Powlison quote, https://www.sgclouisville.org/blog/2024/01/16/sermon-quotes-what-do-we-do-with-regret. [5] Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, Dec. 31. [6] Ruth Bell Graham, Blessings for a Mother’s Day, 101. [7] Anne Lamott, GRACE Eventually. ...
The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:16:02 Hebrews 1-2 & Angels: An Introduction This sermon is an introduction to the Book of Hebrews as well as to angels. Why is the authorship traditionally believed to have been the Apostle...
The language she uses for this experience is not mathematical or philosophical. Her language is the language of the heart. She describes being “swallowed up… in my Beloved, and my Beloved also in me.” Love, she discovered, is the way the soul knows. Love is the way the soul sees.[...
God, the greatest One in the Universe, knows us by name. In fact, he knows everything about us. 4. Seeing the signs in the rearview mirror Actually, God does provide signs for us. Granted, they aren't like road signs, directional signs, billboards, or a writing in the sky. But ...
(emphasis my own) (3) From Luther’s Sermon on, Acts 9, The Conversion of St. Paul After the Lord Jesus Christ reveals Himself to Saul of Tarsus, Saul could no longer see and this is where we read Luther’s House Postil (Sermon) for this Feast Day. Then I will comment on it, ...
God’s breath or pneuma provides masculinity, spiritual discernment, and God knows what all else to men and angels. That is not an individual being, as in the paraclete. Scripture makes clear that in the ‘last days’ (our time) God’s spirit/pneuma will be ‘poured out’ in ways ...
my rock and hiding place, and let my ev’ry moment be lived within thy grace. Oh, wash me in the waters of Noah’s cleansing flood. Give me a willing spirit, a heart both clean and good. Oh, take into thy keeping thy children great and small, ...