These are but a few of the loving and good acts of Christ. We are all naturally drawn to the pleasant things that Christ did such as healing the sick and feeding the hungry. Yet, in love He also spoke perfect truth and rebuked the arrogant, even if they hated Him because of it. Som...
All the hungry people were fed by the miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes. Jesus turned the impossible into the real. In fact, there were even leftovers, representing asuperabundanceof God’s provision for the needs of men. This echoes the declaration of the steward at the wedd...
But as we spoke of Saul’s spies in our last post, we find David has spies also that are feeding him information. It turns out that spies are influencing both sides of the war, and the information is changing as fast as possible. Saul hears info from the Ziphites. David hears of Sau...
Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast, for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found....
Regarding hunger alone, the website ofWorld Against Hungerindicates we are making little to no progress on feeding every person: “Around the world, more than enough food is produced to feed the global population—but as many as 811 million people still go hungry. After steadily declining for...
“Uh, I am not sure. He was in the city for a while, but as we passed the outskirts of town near a pig farmer, we saw someone who looked like Johnny feeding the pigs.” The father and his small family were troubled. The next day the older son and the daughter went searching for...
It is not by seasons of mystical meditation and rapturous experiences that we learn to abide in Christ; it is by feeding upon His word, His written word as found in the Bible, and looking to the Holy Spirit to implant these words in our hearts and to make them a living thing in our...