"I have really being blessed with the excellent strategies of memorizing scriptures.It has moved me closer to God, made me more spiritually alert ready to conquer any situation at any time and it has also given me a better opportunity in teaching the gospel with better understanding and boldnes...
”, v; “Epist. ad Diogn., xi) and was commonly adopted about the end of the second century (St. Iren., “Adv. haer.”, I, iii; Tert., “De pmscr.”, xxxiv; St. Clem. of Alex., “Strom.”, VII, iii; etc.); but the more recent Fathers did not adhere to it. It ...
And, What’s being said through the story about who God is? Old Testament characters are often thought to be role models. Sometimes they are. But, much more often, their stories are meant to speak to us about God as we take a close look at what they were going through. When our ...
In thinking about the Resurrection, I’ve been comparing what each of the writers of the Gospels saw and said. Things were happening so suddenly and at such a dizzying pace, so much was going on! Think about it: In a matter of moments, the little band went from being broken hearted, ...
Joseph’s life story is summed up in the verse, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” (50:20) This is a theologically sound statement about the sovereignty of God that is demonstrated time and again ...
I forgive myself for not being able to stop them or repair them, or my own flaws, or the damage my choices have made. The past, the losses, the whining about nonsense, and the minimizing of tragedy. God didn’t demand my forgiveness – for Him. He helped me find it – for me. ...
NO! And I’m going to let you in on a secret: I tend to be suspicious of those Christians who always have a smile on their faces, always appearing happy or say some Christian platitude about being happy even though I know their day-to-day lives are in shambles. Their claim of ...
Prior to knocking, we would always decide which of us would speak, and which of us would pray, and as this one night I will speak of progressed, my brother took this verse and shared a mystery with a young family. He spoke of God being in the flesh. He really labored on this phras...
If we human beings could see that we can get a 747 to Honolulu or a rocket to the moon even having been in error 90% of the time, we might be a little less uptight about being in error ourselves.” –Raymond Jones Raymond Jones goes on to list the fears that cause us to be so...
The first way to overcome them is to identify the source. Last week I spoke about conforming only to God. Our need to conform to anything other than Gods will become a block in our relationship with him. We see this in Peter. He was used by God in many different ways; but in this...