When the war broke out in 1939, Anglican poet W. H. Auden put the case bluntly:We must love one another or die. A year later, he wroteNew Year Letter(January 1,1940),a long poem considering “what is possible and what is not” in such a time. Most of the poem is addressed to ...
26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you....
Jesus faced several trials that day to decide His fate. Along with the trials came whippings that broke His skin open. The air stung His wounds, but the soldiers kept whipping over and over, until bone and tissue was exposed. A crown of thorns was pressed into His scalp, burying into ...
But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”Matthew 9: 34 (NIV) In yesterday’s post, I wrote about the spiritual revival that broke out while I was in high school. I wrote about the fact that I was merely an observer of the revival because...
3 Jesus was in Bethany. He was at the table in the home of Simon, who had a skin disease. A woman came with a special sealed jar. It contained very expensive perfume made out of pure nard. She broke the jar open and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head....
When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, [l]will You...
LORD or YHVH? Jesus or Yeshua? Sunday or Sabbath? Church or Synagogue? Gentile or Israel? Clean or Unclean? Law or Grace? 2000 years after the Messiah, wherever we live, whether it's Sri Lanka or any other part of the world, all of us require to learn ho
I have always gotten up with the kids. I have always packed lunches. I’ve taken them to the bus stop or to school 95% of the time. I am the PTO President at their school. I teach preschool three days a week. And the week before I broke myself, I was hired two days a week ...
I had a very political friend on the North Shore who broke up with his MLA (Member of legislature) girlfriend because she never took a sabbath break from politics. She was political to the very core of her soul. Here’s a quick way to discover one of your hidden idols. What are you...
“He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread. He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold as a slave, whose feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in iron until the time that His word came. The word of the Lord tried him.” Psalm 105...