So, he walked bent over under the heavy cross with his head bowed down to the ground. The vile Jews also had two boards hung on his robe: one against his shins and the other behind his calves, that were set with small sharp iron spikes like a ripple.14 When he stepped forwards, ...
in so far as thou hast kept thyself from judging thy neighbour, and hast not preferred thyself before him, for that would ill become thee. Dear children, be on your guard against this subtle self-seeking of nature, that ye do not fulfil good works of piety for the sake of any...
"Code 99. Room 712. Code 99. Stat." The alert was shooting through the hospital within seconds after I called the switchboard through the intercom by the bed. Mr. Williams had had a cardiac arrest. With lightning speed I leveled the bed and bent over his mouth, breathing air into his ...
Martin Luther's Christmas sermon is not one sermon. He preached on the nativity for a period for 30 years, and often a dozen times a year, beginning with Advent and carrying through to Epiphany. And sometimes we have three versions of one sermon. On Saturday, he wrote what he intended t...
13 On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. 14 A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of ...
Waking Up on the Wrong Side of Bed A nun, sister Sarah, wakes up one morning feeling great, she gets out of bed and decides to go to the kitchen for some breakfast. On her way over there she runs into sister Jane and she says, "Hi sister Jane," to which sister Jane answers, ...
there was a knock at the door. There was a woman coming to take some blood, and withdraw some blood for another blood test; and I had to explain. Now I guess the doctor who had sent her at that time didn't realize. I said, "We are in the midst of a very serious annual holy ...