The mind, the heart, and the body are illuminated and nurtured by what the eyes see; for Jesus said, “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of … Continue reading
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Jesus, of course, is the Lord of the Sabbath. He would be, considering He is the One who created it. He made that claim before the Pharisees, wanting them to know that He had the right, as the only authority, … Continue reading
Many call Jesus the “Living Water.” They do so because of a conversation between Jesus and a Samaritan woman that took place at a well (John 4: 6-10). The woman drew water from the well and Jesus asked her for … Continue reading
According to Matthew 16: 27, each of us will be rewarded for what we have done. This doesn’t mean that we have to perform works in order to be saved, though. However, it does mean that “saved by faith” will … Continue reading
A rookie police officer was assigned to ride in a cruiser with an experienced partner. A call came over the car’s radio telling them to disperse some people who were loitering. The officers drove to the street and observed a … Continue reading
A wannabe disciple asked to be excused from following Jesus, desiring to go and bury his dead father. Jesus responded by saying that the fellow, instead, should follow Him, and let the dead bury the dead (Luke 9:59-60). As His … Continue reading
Yesterday, the Catholic Church through its current leader Pope Francis, conducted a ceremony to declare two past popes as saints. And the whole world paid attention. Newscasters, not even Catholic, reported the occasion in a tone of admiration and reverence. … Continue reading
Jesus says in Matthew 23: 9— “Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.” The statement does not and could not mean that we can’t call our earthly fathers, “father;” … Continue reading
We all know that there is a tug-of-war between the Spirit and the flesh. Which will win depends on who we want to please— God or the world. When we succumb to pleasing the world, oftentimes it is because we … Continue reading
And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. The tombs … Continue reading
This poem, written by guest, M. S. Lowndes, is about facing our rejections with faith in God, seeing them as new opportunities elsewhere. When We Face Rejections Though we often face in life, Rejections of every kind, We need to … Continue reading
Many are called, but few are chosen. Matthew 22: 14 In the Parable of the Wedding Feast (Matthew 22: 1-14), a guy, excited by the king’s invitation to come to the feast, shows up. But he’s not allowed to stay … Continue reading
As it is true that the letter of the law is related to motivation and thoughts of the heart and mind, so is Jesus’ instructions to us to turn the other cheek when hit by an evil person (Matthew 5: … Continue reading
“If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.” Leviticus 20: 9. This was part of the Mosaic … Continue reading
God won’t force Himself on anybody. He believes in giving us the freedom of choice. So by those terms, the answer is yes. God does allow for religious freedom—the belief that each person has the right to choose whom and … Continue reading
I’m a murderer several times over. Guilty as charged by my Lord. For my crime, I deserve to be burned up in hell-fire. Thank God I won’t be, though, having also been charged as innocent by virtue of Jesus’ covering … Continue reading
Hymns for Drivers 45 mph……………..God Will Take Care of You 55 mph……………..Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah 65 mph……………..Nearer My God to Thee 75 mph……………..Nearer Still Nearer 85 mph……………..This World Is Not My Home 95 mph……………..Lord, I’m Coming Home and … Continue reading
The Roman Catholic Church considers Mary, the mother of Jesus, as “once a virgin, always a virgin.” From what I gather, this claim is based on the need to express Mary as a pure vessel. The church goes so far … Continue reading
Habakkuk 3: 3 says God comes from Teman and Mount Paran. However, that isn’t to say that the prophet Habakkuk thought of those places as God’s literal, heavenly origin. Teman was a city to the east of Israel. The mountain … Continue reading
The divine nature of Jesus wasn’t explicit most of the time. It was cloaked and controlled by His humanity. Aside from His miracles, most of His actions often came across as the actions of a lot of other humans. Jesus … Continue reading
“It would have been better if we stayed in Egypt where we had meat and bread. But no-o-o! You’d rather us starve out here in the desert.” That’s a paraphrase out of Exodus 16: 3. The complaint was leveled against … Continue reading