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Our needs here in the present are also addressed as we look to him–our Emmanuel (God with us), our Wisdom from on high, our great Lord of might, and more. As noted last week, the unknown lyricist carefully based each stanza on scripture. You’ll find a number of references listed a...
According to the Gospels, Jesus, who was born around 4 B.C., was able to perform supernatural feats such as healing a wide range of diseases by simply touching people or speaking to them. He supposedly also had the ability to walk on water, instantly create vast amounts of fish and bre...
water down Holy Baptism! He did not water down the doctrine and practice of the Church to “reach people”. His goal was not ‘outreach’ to people but preach the Word so that people call upon the Name of the Lord and be saved, and that means: Holy Baptism. Patrick knew that he ...
which remains a common portrayal today. Christ was also shown as a very young man, she said, because his baptism in the Jordan symbolized a "new birth." For the same reason, the painting shows a larger figure of John the Baptist, who is said to have presided at Christ's baptism, acco...
Peter mustered enough courage to step out of the boat and took a few steps on the water toward Jesus. “But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. ‘Save me, Lord!’ he shouted. “Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. ‘You have so...
Personal perspective permits us to look at a painting or listen to a lyric and be inspired or changed or blessed by a fresh set of eyes, a different point view, a refreshing revelation. In order for us to gather all the good that comes from our individuality, I guess, we must too mak...
was to be flooded, in order to create a large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was flooded, all improvements and repairs in the entire town were stopped. What was the use of painting a house if it was going to be covered with water in six months?
“Suddenly there appeared to my mind’s eye a picture of the Christ just as if it were on my drawing board,” he said. Sallman’s charcoal sketch, which he later adapted into an oil painting of a light-haired, blue-eyed Jesus with Nordic features (Sallman was the son of Scandinavian...