SOME SEEING IS SOME BELIEVING
Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922) Indian reformer, teacher and leader wrote, “People must not only hear about the kingdom of God, but must see it in actual […]
July 2017
CRY FOR HELP
King David wrote this Psalm and could have been writing it for us as well as for himself. “Save me, O God! For the waters have come […]
AS IN HEAVEN
Carlo Carretto (1910-1988) wrote, “Whatever Christ does as a man in the Gospels, it is as if God were doing it in heaven. What Jesus […]
DOUBLE SAFE IDENTITY
Not long ago Roz and I went to a Medical Center so I could get a test done. These procedures can make people nervous and […]
THE KINGDOM IS LIKE
27 July 2017 THE KINGDOM IS LIKE Jesus used many parables and teachings to explain to us what the Kingdom is like. For example: “The […]
COSTLY BURIAL
In the apostle John’s gospel we read, “After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, […]
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) wrote the novella “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in 1886. The strange things that happen with these two […]
A TRUE WORD
Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880) wrote, “I beg you, wait for God quietly, and don’t be so religious. To have nothing to show for yourself and […]
AS LITTLE ONES
There is an obvious and striking reference to children by Jesus on several occasions. Children were basically a cultural non-entity during the time of Jesus. […]
THE LOST SON
The Luke 15 parable ends with the third part concerning the lost son. The lost son could be many things, but it is clearly the […]
