Acceptance Some parents in America got a phone call from their son to say he was coming home. This was great news because the son was a soldier in the then, still on-going Korean War. “Mom, I just want you to know I’m bringing a buddy home with me,” he said. “He got hurt pretty
Friendship On the evening of March 25th, 1992, Bill was teaching a class in marketing at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, America, when his upper aorta spontaneously ruptured. Pain clenched him. Colour drained from his face. A student called the paramedics and Bill was rushed to a hospital, before being transferred to another facility for
Spiritual Battle Then the dragon was enraged with the woman and went off to make war with her offspring – those who obey the commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus Revelation 12:17 “Spiritual warfare was a 70’s and 80’s thing,” I’ve heard people say. What they mean is: in the 1970’s and 1980’s
The Lion and the Lamb When the men came to Jesus, they said “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?’” … So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind
Opposite Views The world sees the church as a building where people go on a Sunday. God sees the church as family that people are part of seven days a week. The world sees the church as something ordinary and natural. God sees the church as supernatural and extraordinary. The world sees the church as
Only Two Camps Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me Luke 7:23 Our word “scandal” comes from the word translated fall away (skandalizo) in this verse. The term was used for the part of the trap where the bait was placed. It came to mean “to be offended,” “turned
Walking in Grace Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisees’ house and reclined at table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisees’ house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and
God’s True Purposes As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years … She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. … While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from
Understanding Jesus “But what about you?” he asked, “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected … and he must be killed …” Then he said to
The Exodus About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto the mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendour,
