Can You Hear the Good Shepherd’s Voice?

Jesus called Himself the Good Shepherd. I love the mental picture this name evokes. It’s not an original image in my mind. It looks a lot like the painting that hung on the wall in my Sunday school classroom when I was a little girl. Have you seen it too? Did your grandmother or great-aunt have it on her wall? …

The Son of God and the Son of Man

The titles “Son of God” and “Son of Man” belong to one man named Jesus. No other person in history could wear both names. This Son of God, Jesus, who could heal a woman from twelve years of bleeding, give a lame man new legs, and open blind eyes, was also the Son of Man who hungered, experienced temptation without …

God of Compassion and Mercy

God is a God of compassion and mercy, El Rachum. I love all His names such as El Roi (the God who sees), El Shaddai (God Almighty), and Yahweh Rophe (the LORD who heals), but this name is so much more than meets the eye because the Hebrew word holds more meaning than our English words can translate. I know …

God is My Peace

Peace can be hard to find. We get so busy, hurried, and worried in this world filled with chaos that peace may seem impossible. And the truth is, true peace is impossible without the God of peace, Yahweh Shalom. A man in the Bible gave God this name. Just as Haggar named Him El Roi, the God Who Sees, when …