It is the greatest travesty to live one’s life in mediocrity when one can soar on the wings of God. God reveals His plans first to the prophets and through them to the people. He is winnowing the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats, and the patriots from the Establishment...
God's Love,God's Power,God's Promises,God's Provision,God's Refuge,God's Salvation,God's Strength,Hope,Meditation,Peace,Prayer,Renewing the Mind,Uncategorized,Worship, taggedGod's Compassion,God's Power,God's Provision,How to Cope with Trouble,How to Deal with Fear,How to Deal with Regr...
“For such a time as this” (Esther 4:14), a young woman was sovereignly used by God to repair the fortunes of a shattered people to demonstrate to the surrounding nations God’s incredible handiwork of mercy and power. Like the art of kintsugi, God redeems what is broken and makes ...
In spite of the reality of sin, human beings are created by God to govern. As part of the image of God, human communities will have to decide how and by whom we will be governed. We will, like God, need to delegate authority to someone, somehow, somewhere, or perish in anarchy. Th...
Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His, and He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is ...
God is good because He is God. It isourhumanity that paints Him otherwise becauseweare the ones who created sin and evil. When sin entered God’s perfect creation, He had a plan to redeem humanity. The Gospel reveals this “good news,” where God sent His Son to become the perfect and...
scripture. He decided to go do something worthy of serving others. When he first applied to work for a nonprofit, he was rejected by every one. His friends thought he was out of his mind. Finally one nonprofit told him that if he could pay them five hundred dollars a month, he could...
Last night I saw a large storm coming, so I went to bed early, and got up at 4 am. The dogs had no idea we were going to have a downpour, but they went along outside with me anyhow. They just trusted me. – – God has radar. ...
The Transfiguration reveals to us our destiny. By sharing the Sonship of Christ, we come to share in His blessed reward. Finally, there is the grace of charity won by doing whatever He tells us. The commands of God are always supplemented by the power to fulfill them. And in this ...
s peace. We celebrate that we are connected, we are loved and we are not alone. We worship together and are fed from Scripture and at Christ’s table of peace. Extending the peace of Christ is part of an active, engaged faith—a witness to what it means for us to be the Church, ...