I should just give up and forget about any fruit I could have grown!“ The tree asked itself over and over how it could return to the state of fruitful and productive growth it once had, because it felt useless and put-upon and shriveled up. But no matter how much it tried, nothing ...
00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.Something from J.R.R. Tolkien and something from the Bible collided on the exact same day.Check out this episode of The Podcast.Here are some helpful resources from this episode:The...
. . . the sea that bares her bosom to the moon; the winds that will be howling at all hours, and are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; for this, for everything, we are out of tune; it moves us not . . ." "Seek not to be cumbered," says the Bible. When we are ...
Jan sent me to the store to pick up a couple of items, but when I arrived at the checkout line, it became obvious I wasn’t going anywhere quickly. Every lane was filled by people pushing over-flowing grocery carts and the lines extended back down the aisles. I took a deep breath a...
Spiritual Discernment according to the Bible while Keeping the Unity of the Believers February 2, 20155 Comments As Christians, we are called to love one another and build one another up in the faith. Jesus prayed concerning all believers: “May they be brought to complete unity to let the ...
And if we dare to read the next verses Jesus ups the ante even more. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matthew 5 43-44) ...
In the preceding verses (10-21), we see a taxonomy of scheming temptations. The woman has been pleading with him to succumb to her earnest appeals. And then “all at once” he follows her. This doesn’t mean he wasn’t tempted until this point, but that he feigned unwillingness – bu...
Stephen Knapp grew up in a Christian family, during which time he seriously studied the Bible to understand its teachings. In his late teenage years, however, he sought answers to questions not easily explained in Christian theology. So, he began to search through other religions and philosophies...
Your lifeis only avery short moment of time. You should make better use of it inBible Study,PrayerandGodly Worship; while you still have time in your life; before theSon of Man Returns. Even theGreat and Powerful Peopleof the world; fade away;… like theblowing of the wind; as it mo...
The Early Church Fathers People always bring up the matter of the“early Church Fathers.” Really? So what’s that supposed to mean? "Authority" - The Most Widely Abused Form Of Fear Using very select passages of the Bible to validate authoritarianism is a common practice in the world of...