v12. This meal reminds us of the Last supper just a week or so previously in Jn 13. From supper to breakfast; from night to dawn; from death to life. This is a transformative meal – more than just brekky. v15-17. Three times Jesus asks Peter, “Do you love me?” Three times ...
After my father's death, to Mammy I came to represent the head of that family to which she had given a half century of fidelity and devotion. But the relationship between us never became that of master and servant. She still remained one of my earliest recollections, not only as a perso...
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!" Php 2:3-8 So with humility come compliance and obedience. "He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and...
The backbone of the documentary relies on John’s posthumous diary, which was turned over to his family after his death. Journal entries are read aloud by a voice actor who captures John’s wide-eyed optimism and free spirit mentality. “If God is for you, who can be against you,” he...
Jesus gave an illustration of life after death in Luke chapter 16 in the story of Lazarus and the Rich man of which you've probably heard a number of times. To summarize, there was a rich man and a poor man named Lazarus who died. The rich man went to a place of torment, and ...
There is a story in the New Testament of two men that died. One was a poor man, the other rich. Upon the rich man’s death, he asked if he could go back to earth and tell his family about the reality of death, heaven and hell. ...
A funeral sermon on the death of Mrs. Mary Paice, late wife of Mr. Joseph Paice, merchant of Clapham, who died April 8th, 1700 by Edmund Batson.Edmund. Batson
Welcoming guests well requires more than a handshake. It takes thoughtful questions that reveal needs, build trust, and guard the flock. The Model Immigrants in Legal Limbo Carrie McKean They followed the law. They got in line. They never took welfare or committed a crime. So why would Keve...
sent to convince Basil to consent to the heresy of Arius. Seeing that he was faced with a “mountain” of a believer and not a simple mortal, he began to threaten to take away all his property, to send him into exile, and even torture and death. Remember how the great hierarch ...
(1) of the power Christ has in His endless life of conveying knowledge and experience. Death is the one great barrier between man and growth. (2) Note the sense of unity in Christ's plan, which we may derive from the power of His endless life. God has been pleased that the greatest...