By reimagining belonging as Jesus did—focusing on relationship rather than societal status—we are called to open the doors of God’s family wide, embracing the diversity of God’s creation with love, dignity, and grace. By Jasmine Devadason December 23, 2024 Politics of Scripture Love...
Tears stung my eyes. ‘Let’s talk about it when we get home. In the meantime, I need some sleep. Please stay. I’d like to have you here after my tests.’ Holding Sheena’s hand in mine, I closed my eyes to seek a glimpse of white on white beyond the veil.Thank you Lord. ...
Every two or three weeks, Susannah and I will post on our free Substack,The Anchored Argosy. Within our posts, we give an update on our news, share some photos, and provide links to recent things we have produced. In each post, I will also usually share some thoughts on a subject tha...
“Oh, if placed on that lofty watch-tower, you could gaze into the secret places–if you could open the closed doors of sleeping chambers and recall their dark recesses to the perception of sight–you would behold things done by immodest persons which no chaste eye could look upon; you w...
1.) The disciples were gathered on the first day of the week behind closed doors for fear of the Jews. They were not together to worship a risen Savior. It would be later that evening before Jesus appeared to them. Jesus would give them a Scripture study that told of the prophecies abo...
The manuscript of Hardy's first great novel Far From the Madding Crowd vanished shortly after its first publication. Rediscovered in 1918 it sheds remarkable new light on the whole of Hardy's work. The manuscript pages, some of which are... Mallett,Phillip - The Mayor of Casterbridge : 被...
Let’s not give up. Let’s keep going to God with open hands and hearts. Let’s see if we can allow God to give us grace that does its work of renewing us on the inside. Let’s allow the difficulties to take us deeper with Jesus Christ, so his power rests upon us. So we’...
Grab a piece of paper and pen, or open the notes app on your phone. Write down the first five words that come to mind when you think of Christmas. Then come back to this post and keep reading. Go for it! Maybe even ask the people around you for their five. ...
Finding the one weak link in that original Band of Brothers, then bribing Judas to help them ‘take Jesus down.” Making plans which would find culmination on Golgotha’s brow. In light of this it is no wonder that Annias and Caiaphas were the architects and engineers of the farce of a...
Let’s examine this closely. First, the setting for this passage was the third day after the Friday resurrection (33 AD). On the first day of the week (Sunday evening), when Jesus appeared, for the first time, to the cowering, fearful disciples hiding behind closed doors. They were terr...