We are but foreigners, voyagers, passing through to our own “promised land”, Heaven itself, and the Earth made new with Jesus as our King!
Don’t Be Buried in Egypt: Teacher Joseph, Part 14
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Worldliness
When you are Persecuted in one Place…
"On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the...
The Woman in Scarlet
“ . . . There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns . . ." (Rev. 17:3b) "The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they...
Oil the Shields!
"Get up, you officers, oil the shields!" (Isa 21:5) Haven't you ever felt sorry for the Old Testament prophets? They were often required to "act out" their prophecies. You know, like poor Hosea who was told he had to marry an adulteress (Hosea 1), or...
Consider the Future
"Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future." (Lam 1:9) The story is heart-wrenching: the demise of God's glorious people; the ruin of God's own city, the city of peace; the destruction of God's glorious temple; the desolation of the land...
An Evening out in the World
A treat. Something special between me and my daughter. Our family had all branched out into other pastimes for the evening, and so it was us, just her and myself. We settled on Pizza Hut for our "girls night" out, but only after much debate in the DeMoulas Supermarket...
The Spiritual Person vs. the Worldly Person
"Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly--mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarrelling among you,...