It is the very essence of a festival that it breaks upon one brilliantly and abruptly, that at one moment the great day is not and the next moment the great day is . . . The thing is done at a particular time so that people may be conscious of a particular truth; as is the case...
In all fairness to the unbelievers, there are many things in life on this planet that create unbelief in a Creator God. Even full-blown believers think about these things, but unlike the unbeliever, they have read and understand the words of the prophets about the fall of mankind, sin, th...
Shepherd. With You, I have everything I need. Your Word says You’re close to the brokenhearted. Please be close to me right now. Help me to wait on You patiently. Lift me out of this pit and set my feet on solid ground. Please give my soul rest. I yield to You, dear Lord. ...
Luke 2:8-20 says: “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto th...
The one that says ‘Venite ad me omnes.’ That’s my favorite place. Pray for me there. Students call it “Jump, Mom, I’ll Catch You!” I’ve been drawn to this statue since I first set foot on campus more than ten years ago. I’ve sat in front of it praying at all hours...
One summer day, when I was home from school, my momma found I had done something wrong and told me to “wait till your father get’s home”. I spent the rest of that day, holed up in my bedroom, worrying about what my father was going to do to me, how he would deal with me...
Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. Let’s consider the event that turns us from mortal to immortal, from death to life. ...
When we come to the New Testament, the Jews are still celebrating those feasts and Acts 2:1 tells us that it was on the feast day of Pentecost that the Holy Spirit came to live in the believers in Jesus Christ. That is the day we celebrate as the Birthday of the Church. The timing...
But I don't even think that the argument above holds enough weight, anyhow. If I say, "He was a beast - like Goliath or the Incredible Hulk", the fact that one is (maybe) historical, and the other fictional is irrelevant to the point I'm making, which is about the physical size ...
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.“Philippians 2...