“And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet. And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.” (Luke...
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“For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.” (Acts 1:17) “Treachery” is a ghastly word. It conjures up images of despicable actions with villainous intent. Judas comes...
Beginning
“But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple, in the fear of you.” (Psalm 5:7) As the day flutters open its eyelids, I step in...
Able and Willing
“May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love; and may you be able to feel and understand, as all God’s children should, how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love really...
Who Then
“Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” (Mark 4:41) Who then is this, you ask? Our Lord is the only one who dominates storms and seas with a word, who wraps his arms around their...
Seasonal
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” (Psalm 19:1) Today the morning skies are a shadowy gray announcement that rainfall has been invited to the podium. Tiled...
Form and Face
Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them." (Psalm 69:34) We like God to speak to us clearly, with easy to understand concepts and miraculous interventions. He does. All...
Simultaneously
“Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.” (Psalm 91:14) On our recent trip to Israel our tour guide led us to Masada, the largest of Herod...
Miss the Mark
“In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.” (Mark 7:7) He mingled easily with the mongrels of his day and the women who sold their bodies after selling their souls....
Nazareth
“And he could do no mighty work there.” (Mark 6:5) Nazareth disappointed Jesus. This city, interwoven with the actual identification of Jesus the Nazarene, sold him out, ridiculed him, treated him with...
World Wind
“Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” (Mark 5:19) If for a moment I conclude that God is far removed from my world, I need only skim...
Common Place
“And he said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.’” Mark 4:26 The Lord speaks our simple language. Being the perfect Teacher, he reveals his truths in ordinary terms and...