She was Searching

Have you considered the reputation of the one Jesus instructs to tell the others He has risen from the dead? It’s just like our God to choose the most unlikely and improbable person to do the job. He sends a woman who had been tormented by seven demons. A woman not noted for her mental stability, sent to the disciples …

Wrestling with God

(For those who receive posts via e-mail, I apologize for this second post. I corrected a mistake, again!) That night Jacob got up and took his wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and …

Father

Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name,your kingdom come,your will be doneon earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread,Forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our debtors.And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.(Matt. 6:9-13) Our Father…  This way of addressing God in prayer was new to the people in …

Pentecost in November?

….Leave the cross with me (yesterday’s post) and come to the day of Pentecost. (I know, we haven’t celebrated Christmas yet…work with me.) Jesus appeared to His apostles after His death, and before He ascended into heaven, He instructed them not to leave Jerusalem. So the group of followers returned to Jerusalem where they met in an upper room. Luke records …