“A fine lot we are” I thought to myself as I zipped the jacket of a sling-wearing friend, I being only a few months sling-free myself, before we walked over to a crash-site turned memorial to mark the first anniversary of our friend Josh Ellison’s passing.My first interaction wit...
Jesus said to him,“What you do, do quickly.”28But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him.29For some thought, becauseJudas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buythose thingswe need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the ...
”For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This...
We cannot have it both ways. Choosing idols means rejecting God, and choosing God means rejecting idols. We can’t walk in two directions at one time. When the Bible speaks of idols, it often talks about “turning away” and “turning to.”Jonah 2:8says that “those who cling t...
cross. We need to learn how to truly love our neighbor–and I mean the ones who are more like enemies. It is easy to love the neighbor who brings food when a loved one has died. Its not so easy to love the neighbor who tried to prevent your elderly parents from moving in with ...
IN THE RESURRECTION story told in the gospel of John, Mary Magdalene wants Jesus back as she...Williams, Rowan
Sometimes people ask about helping with clean up. We don’t mind extra help, but we’d rather you just relax and enjoy the fact that Friday Nights is NOT at your house! In addition, it’s simply good experience for our kids. They need to understand that putting on an event has benefi...
“The purpose is that all the angelic powers should now see the complex wisdom of God’s plan being worked out through the Church, in conformity to that timeless purpose which he centred in Jesus, our Lord.” We see, therefore, that “the church” is God’s instrument through which He ...
Things I don’t know: When exactly will surgery occur? What recovery will look like? What kind of treatment will I need? How long will I need to be off work? How we will cover things at the church while I am away? When will the other surgeries need to happen?
17 The people all over Judea and all the country around it heard what Jesus had done. 18 John also heard about all these things from his disciples. 19 He called two of them and sent them to Jesus. He asked, `Are you the One who is to come? Or shall we wait for another person?