I was walking towards the store when I first saw her. She was between eighty and ninety years old. Her hair was thin, sparse, and as white as the snow on the sidewalk outside. Her face was red, chapped, and wrinkled from a lifetime of use. Her mouth was missing most...
"To the Angel of the church in Philadelphia write..." (Rev. 3:7a) Philadelphia, known today as Alashehir, was named after its founder, Attalus II Piladelphus. Piladelphus was known for his devotion to his brother, Eumenes, thus it is quite fittingly that Philadelphia...
Sometimes we hear of someone on a construction job that was not wearing his safety strap. Then he falls from a height to either hurt himself badly or be killed. Jude, the brother of Jesus, wrote a letter that is included in the New Testament. He was writing to a...
"The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him." (1 John 2:10, NET) My Italian Grandmother was a wonderful woman. “Nanny” had a loving, vibrant soul that she carried around in a short, heavyset body. She had a...
Continuing with a series on God in His role as a Paradisiacal Pilot who loves us enough to correct us, albeit painfully, today we come to the concluding part of the series... Purity... He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. (See Malachi 3:3). He...
"So he answered and said, 'You shall love ... your neighbor as yourself.' But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbour?'" (Luke 10:27-29, NKJV) Have you made your New Years' resolution for 2013 yet? I have, and I would like to invite...
"He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God." (Mic 6:8, NET) My first born son is mentally handicapped, yet in so many...
Sitting by the fire one night, he quietly looked down at his hands, relaxed in his lap. His new boss had called him into the company office. The new boss had changed his job description, it was still the same job, but called by a different name. In order to keep his...
"'Should we pull out the weeds?' they asked. 'No,' he replied, 'you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the...
Scripture "We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thes 1-3) Observation Paul was thankful for the these people because of their...