Mark 8 During his public life, Jesus played it clear to get whole crowds behind him. Many of them came to see his miracle works but also to hear him tell, for them he seemed like a master. Today’s lecture tells us that those listeners sometimes forgot to bring food and drink, so they looked… Read More Denying yourself and doing God’s Will while following Jesus
Nearly 2 millennia ago a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ wrote letters to his fellow brethren and sisters in Christ. He wrote to them, who were living further away, to share the same precious faith they had. He talked about a faith which was given to them because of the justice and fairness of… Read More Today’s thought “Qualities and feasts of people” (December 14)
Ah, that little word – “IF”! Our quotation above is from 2 Peter 1. Today we read Peter’s final message as he realises he is soon to die. It is a time when he sees much evil growing and false believers coming to the fore who “promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of… Read More Today’s thought “If these qualities are yours” (December 14)
“I remember you in my prayers” (May 29) The short letter of Paul to Philemon has some valuable lessons for us in the area of spiritual relationships of believers with one another. Paul is writing as “a prisoner of Christ Jesus” (verse 1) and Timothy is with him – and other visitors support him, “Mark,… Read More I remember you in my prayers
Just an other few days and we have Shabbat HaGadol – literally “the Great Shabbat” before Pesach. The readings for this week bring us “wisdom” with proverbs but we also take time to remember what God did with His people. They had to know like Pharaoh had to know who is the Mightiest, the Most… Read More Preparation for unity
“11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also… Read More A race not to swift, nor a battle to the strong
Condition In the history of humankind there have been also men of God who did not get answers from God like they wanted. Even though David had called out to God day and night, God had not answered all the prayers of King David. “(1) My Ěl, My Ěl, why have You forsaken Me –… Read More Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #10 Prayer #8 Condition
Do you have a concept of an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a you to discover the essence of your being? Are you looking into yourself to find the deepest values and meanings by which you or other people live? Do you want to get in touch with your spiritual… Read More Self-development, self-control, meditation, beliefs and spirituality
Bill Tchakirides does not think control of the Muslim Brotherhood is in America’ purview… but having extreme right Baptist preachers pushing anti-Muslim sentiments worldwide is bound to cause an extreme response. {Looking at the current relationship of religion to government I am returning to Jefferson} Several times we did hear Mitt Romney saying that if he… Read More People of Faith for Obama video
Jerry Newcombe of Truth in Action Ministries can’t help but feeling that to some extent, The United States of America is reaping what they’ve been sowing as a society. In one way he may be right, but in an other he may be totally wrong by pointing his damning finger to for him too liberal… Read More Judeo-Christian values and liberty
Souls At the beginning of the times יהוה (Jehovah) God, the Creator of all things, said, “Let the waters swarm with swarmers having a soul of life; and let the birds fly over the earth, on the face of the expanse of the heavens.” And God created the great sea animals, and all that creeps, having… Read More The Soul confronted with Death
All those bad things which come over this world is it whether or not punishment from God? This world is hit regularly by disasters. Today we can see enough signs that we have come in the End Times as described in the Holy Scriptures. In such a way coming difficulties over us are already notified… Read More Bad things no punishment from God
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