Imagine for a moment that you've just stepped into the most amazing store ever. It could be electronics, clothing, shoes, home furnishing, or whatever peaks your interest. Then picture yourself finding the most incredible piece of retail bliss you could fathom. I'll...
The 12 year-old girl who lives next door grew an abundant crop of pumpkins this year. Now this particular girl is quite kindhearted, and she wishes to share them--for free! It was with this spirit that she offered me--someone who has done nothing to deserve such a...
Looking for love in all the wrong places. Remember that song popular a few years back? The lyrics resonated with millions because they probably did that very thing. The other day, I looked in hubby's direction, fist planted on my hip. "You mean you wouldn't get up in...
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." (Isaiah 7:14 ESV -- a prophecy given roughly about 750 years before the birth of the Christ-child) In this Series of 2 Parts, I will...
I'm having fun with my new (to me!) tow vehicle. It has a feature where I can see exactly what kind of gas mileage I am getting, both in the moment, and in an accumulative average since the last time it was reset. Because I am environmentally-conscience, I take...
In the concluding part of our series on "Biblical Scars", today we shall focus on two more types of the same... Supernal and Sublime... "'What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him'--these things...
It's quiz time folks! Tell me what piece of "furniture" housed in Solomon's temple, of the Mosaic Law dispensation, symbolized the Covenantal relationship between the Almighty and the Jews? Pat yourself on the back if your answer was the "Ark of the Covenant". By the...
Continuing to focus on thedifferent dimensions of the cross, today let's focus on yet another vital function of the cross in our lives... Shapes... "...If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." (Luke 9:23 ESV) The...
In the penultimate part of our series focusing on different dimensions of the cross, today we come to some more vital functions of the cross in our lives... Sustains... "Cross bears those who bear the Cross," observed the wise Sadhu Sundar Singh. And why not? Don't we...
Today we come to the concluding part of our series on the study of different aspects of the cross in our lives... Spurs... Indescribable Heavenly rewards aside (Rom 8:18/1 Cor 2:9), what finally spurs a Christian as he is bearing the Cross is the unshakeable true...