Today, in the concluding part of the series on how our Heavenly Father's perspective varies with respective to that of finite intelligent men of the World, we come to two more related subjects... Lay-up... "One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds...
"Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, 'Father?' 'Yes, my son,' Abraham replied. 'The fire and the...
Today in the concluding part of our series on some obvious and some not so obvious lessons gleaned from the First Christmas Story, today we come to a lesson, which would perfectly fit into the not-so-obvious category perforce requiring study of some Scripture portions...
In The Heavenly Temple Part 3, we saw that once baptized into Christ Jesus, we are called to walk in the newness of life! Today we will look at the altars mentioned in the Heavenly Temple to see what kinds of lessons these have for us today. We get a glimpse of the...
With arms open wide, Jesus suffered and died; And not one word of revenge did He speak. With His flesh torn apart, we remained in His heart; He kept silent and turned the other cheek. And while He hung on that cross, we remained on His mind. He bore the sins of the...
Beloved saints, as we live in this hostile world streams of permissive modern practice of Christian faith comes as aloud, a clear call beckoning the church into the high, holy and heavenly life Christ offered two thousand years ago. The call of God today is a renewal...
Easter is just a few weeks away. It is a time when we focus on Jesus' ultimate sacrifice for mankind: His death, and his resurrection. But just prior to this all-important event, Jesus had some highly-important last-minute lessons to teach us about enduring trials....
My boys were playing a game yesterday that they termed "Conditionals." In the game, each player takes a turn offering a longed-for prize to anyone in the game who will accept their condition. Unfortunately, the condition is always on the negative side...For example,...
"...keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God." (Heb 12:2 [NET]) I don't know how many times I have...
Father, why did You chose Your own flesh and blood To die on the cross for our lives? Why couldn't You have chosen a goat or a ram? Seems to me that would have sufficed. I guess it just took more than a ram To cover the transgressions of men. You had to give up the...