We have had two weeks of sickness around here, and just when I thought we were getting well, it came back to invade my lungs and Grace’s ears. No sleep. I am so, so, so, so tired. Nevertheless, yesterday dawned warm and sunny and in hopes of the car motion lulling Grace into a nap, I took the […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:29 (there’s Jesus)
LOOK, THERE’S JESUS The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” It is a Brave April and my own thoughts of bravery, of courage, in life and in words, are all mingled up with John the Baptist. Thinking of […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:19-23 (who are you?)
Who are you? Have you considered that perhaps, like John the Baptist, you are a way-maker in the wildernesses of this world? John was a voice crying out. So are we. _________________________________ TESTIMONY OF JOHN And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are […]
…Become Altars of Sinning
“Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, they have become altars of sinning for him.” Hosea 8:11 IDOLS ARE NEVER SEEN AS IDOLS TO THE ONES DOING THE WORSHIPPING (This is the second of two posts so if you need background, read: Altars For Sin) Idols are never seen as idols to the ones doing the worshipping. […]
Altars For Sin…
“Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, they have become altars of sinning for him.” Hosea 8:11 I love Hosea 8:11. I love it almost more than any other verse in the Bible. I love every bit of its confusing archaic glory and its repetitive words, because one day long ago in the equally confusing […]
People of the Cross, and ISIS
Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. – John 16:2 _____________________________________ Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God…they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. – Revelation 20:4 […]
The Inhale and Exhale of Life
Today I am thinking about the Assyrian Christians. At the beginning of the Syrian Crisis I listened on NPR to a woman’s testimony of life in the war zone. Her voice comes to my mind today, and I wonder if she is alive, if her children are alive, if she has survived. These words that […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:16-18 (grace upon grace)
“For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.” (John 1:16-18) GRACE UPON GRACE Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. From […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1: 15-18 (John’s testimony)
(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:14 (show me your glory)
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) (for previous posts on this verse see here and here and here)* GOD’S GLORY Matthew Henry wrote that when God became man, “the beams […]
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