When the rough and tumble shepherds gathered into the rustic stable Joseph hardly knew what to do. No doubt, fear gripped him as they assembled around the little boy in the manger. Mary—startled from her much needed sleep by the commotion—looked up with bewilderment. What do these men want? The answer came quickly. With an READ MORE
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Grieving With Hope
Unbelievable. That is the only word that comes to my mind when I read about Dong Yun Yoon’s terrible loss and his most remarkable response to it [Check out the LA Times story here] . You see, a day or two ago a Marine F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet came freefalling from the sky after the READ MORE
Climbing the Dusty Trail
It was that time of year for the elderly priest from Judea’s hills to join ranks with the other priests of his division and travel to the glorious city of Jerusalem. With all of the gumption he could muster, gumption only the younger ones were expected to have, he placed a tender hand on Elizabeth’s READ MORE
The Preacher’s Scrap Pile: The Groom of John 3
Among the details found within the rich fabric of John 3, is a reference regarding the love the Divine Groom has for his precious bride Israel. Consider John 3:29: The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore READ MORE
“Rest” or “Rant”
Utterly preoccupied with those worries likely shared by most others on the road, worries such as work or finances or family or politics or whatever else one could add, I found myself muttering to God for some relief when suddenly I glanced upward from the traffic and noticed a large neon sign at the Flying READ MORE
“She Took No Thought”
While reading through the oft-neglected book of Lamentations, one stumbles across a notion worthy of some attention. Lamentations 1:9—addressing God’s judgment of the idol-stricken city of Jerusalem—says it this way: “she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is terrible.” Indeed, it is so. The citizens of Jerusalem daily repudiated God’s merciful calls READ MORE