According to Isaiah’s vision, “As the seraphim were in attendance to the Lord on the throne, they flew above using two of three pairs of wings to cover their faces and feet. I suppose they weren’t to look at the Lord directly or risk a...
Near the end of my time visiting with a person related to our church family, that gentleman’s roommate hollered out from behind the curtain, “Pastor?” The man’s tone did not sound upbeat or carefree, but somewhat burdened and desperate. Upon speaking with him it was clear...
Descriptions of the approaching Holy Spirit suggest that the Spirit comes from above. At Jesus’ baptism, the Spirit descends from heaven like a dove, today in the Book of Acts the Spirit falls upon and is poured out as if all along the Spirit was...
How many of you enjoy raising houseplants? If not anymore, how about at least sometime in the past? I enjoy raising houseplants in spurts. I can go years content to own many types and varieties: flowering, variegated, succulent, trailing, of the begonia, fig, philodendron, or...
One commentary stated that the relationship between shepherd and sheep is one of mutual knowledge and love. I’m not so sure if I’d describe it that way. I think that anything deemed mutual implies that it, in this case, knowledge and love runs both ways....
At least once a week, I meet someone who doubts whether there’s life after death or fears that eternal life will bear no resemblance to this life. I sympathize with them, especially regarding that second concern, that eternal life will bear no resemblance to this...
What have you been privileged to hear or see? What have you gotten the chance to look at or touch so that something new was revealed to you? At least in such a way that because of your personal experience, you could testify of it...
First thing to notice is this: There is confidence and a lack of anxiety in these ladies to start with. At first, they are all set. They are following religious protocol; not one of them made a move before the sabbath was over. The spices...
The traditional sermon is replaced today by a selection of scripture to mark the occassion of the arrival of our Lord in Jerusalem....
My daughter has a tattoo quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson that reads, “The years teach much what the days never knew.” The Bible testifies to this eternal truth too: from verse to verse as one page turns to the next. The meaning of the quote speaks...