Verse 20. - For he shall not much remember the days of his life. The man who has learned the lesson of calm enjoyment does not much concern himself with the shortness, uncertainty, or possible trouble of life. He carries out the counsel of Christ, "Be not anxious for the morrow, for...
The slow unravelling of family ties is reflected in the family cycle. For grandparents, sponsored to babysit grandchildren, the problem starts when their babysitting assistance is no longer needed. Some return to the Philippines; others end up, sadly, in nursing homes because it is difficult for ...
For the wicked, it is a downfall, while for the righteous, it is a refuge. Teaching PointsThe Consequences of WickednessWickedness leads to self-destruction. The verse emphasizes that the wicked are "brought down by their own wickedness," indicating that sin carries inherent consequences.The ...
Jesus told us in the Beatitudes that we who are merciful and peacemakers are blessed, and in Matthew 5:10-12 that when we are persecuted, reviled, and mocked that we should rejoice! Why? Look at their words: they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name. They were considered...
The man Christ Jesus was before the first man Adam, so far as the thought and purpose of God are concerned. When the great Potter took in hand the red clay to make a man, He made it in his own image, and after his likeness. And what could these be but the nature and lineaments ...
Through the streets of Jerusalem at the present day crawls one who is mad and carries a wooden cross on his shoulders. He is a symbol of the lives that are marred by imitation. Father Damien was Christlike when he went out to live with the lepers, because in such service he realised ...
I have my own opinions, but I never rule out new revelation or truth. The man in Dan. 10 carries a very strong presence of God and may well be Jesus (it would definitely be news if Jesus was running around fighting principalities at any time, but there are many things the Bible isn...
This is very offensive to me because my GOD Jesus, died on the Cross for losers like in this episode. There is swearing and dirty talk in this as well as description of sadistic torture and violence.Gently and Bacchus have guns and don't use them and a killer gets away in a car. ...
yes, a Jesus of broken crockery, yes, a pissed-off cross, and yes, people dabbling at heroin, there in the rent-stabilized apartments we’d snagged, there where that girl dragged the plaster off one wall, (just opposite the bathtub ...
Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. Cross References 1 ...