We are used to seeing animals come onto our property. We have a large yard and a pasture. One day there was a totally white cat which we had never seen before sitting near our birdfeeder. It was intensely watching it. A few minutes later we saw it move a tiny bit like...
In Gen.1:3, it is stated: “God said, ‘let there be light’ and there was light.”; Gen.1:6: “God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”; Gen.1:7: "And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which...
It can be quite a shock to jump from reading the Old Testament to reading the New. If you read through the books of Moses, you will discover rules--very specific rules!--for everything. Take Deuteronomy 10, for example. Here you will find specific rules for where and...
The freight-train driver knows about driving to plan. He knows a fully loaded train needs to be carefully managed if it is to climb steep grades and remain under control down the other side. He knows precisely where to begin lifting engine power or decreasing engine...
"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby" 1 Peter 2:2 KJV Recently, I was privileged to keep Tirol, Tory and T-Rex - 3 baby linnies - while my family was away on holiday. Like all babies these little guys had to be fed regularly...
He was being rebellious. He wanted to throw off all the restrictions placed on him by the family code. He claimed he wanted to live the way nature intended. Finally his dad turned to him and asked, ‘Do you like making bushfires in your life? Why don’t you make it...
"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." (Colossians 2:6,7) What a sight! A miniscule island in the bay, thick with...
"Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah. He went through Gilead and Manasseh and returned to Mizpah in Gilead and went on to Ammon. Jephthah promised the Lord: 'If you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will burn as an offering the first person that...
"Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good." (1 Peter 2:1-3 NIV)...
"He (Jesus) spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of Heaven is like leaven (yeast), which a woman takes and hides in three measures of meal until the whole is leavened." (Matthew 13:33 KJIIV) The recipe's instructions were to add the following ingredients as...