The son is now walking through town on his way to the Father’s house and Jesus says, “While he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.” Let’s pause at that word “run.” Most ...
Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them. Who Has Be...
The past three Springs, our family has traveled from the desert of North Africa to green England. Each time we have visited our friends the Franklin family. They have refreshed us from a tall glass of milk to ordering our favorite Indian takeout to walks in London’s green space. Their c...
Jesus walks on the water 16 When it was evening, Jesus' disciples went down to the lake. 17 They got into a boat and they started to sail towards Capernaum. It had become dark and Jesus still had not come to them. 18 A very strong wind was blowing and the waves became dangerous...
Sometimes however the only way out is through.We simply must go through the many issues that face us. We must plow through such darkness, that has no precedent. We are the rescued ones, but only because he has made us so.The lost are now found. And we were really, really lost. ...
The Romans will take away "our nation," that is, bring a crackdown where the Romans will rule Palestine directly, not through vassal kings (such as Herod) and the Sanhedrin. If these leaders believed Jesus were the Messiah, they would have been glad to see him gain power. But they obv...
conjoined as He is to the one Father through the one Son, and through Himself completing the adorable and blessed Trinity. Of Him the intimate relationship to the Father and the Son is sufficiently declared by the fact of His not being ranked in the plurality of the creation, but being spo...
For those of you unable to stomach the toxic mixture of sexism & cringe, after Tomlin walks off the set, he goes on to say of his wife, “It’s alright. She’s very happy being taken care of by a man… And she has no, uh, uh, aspirations to be taken care of by a woman.”...
In retrospect, it was probably a blessing that I didn’t receive counseling through Happy Church. They were anti-emotion, especially negative emotions. Leadership often asked why be sad/angry/scared/etc. when you can just choose to be happy? They viewed any emotional/mental health issues as ...
Leave a comment Excel Still More This past weekend my church celebrated 50 years of God’s faithfulness. On Saturday night over 700 people gathered to remember all that God has done, and on Sunday morning we focused on what God might do through CPC in the next 50 years. ...