Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1, 2 Recently, we were blessed with a tremendous gift: a 40 year old Kimball upright piano. The previous […]
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Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the
A Matter of Degrees We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; Isaiah 53:6a“No one who takes their hands off the plow is fit for the Kingdom” Luke 9:62 A few years years ago in the throes of a midlife crisis I sat in my home
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but
CONFIDENCE But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt? Ex.3:11 Moses was in the midst of an identity crisis when he came upon the burning bush. He listened to God speak to him about the plans the LORD had, in which
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice, Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. I wait for the Lord, my
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 NKJV Sin is a costly, deadly business. I was reading Leviticus 4 this morning in which the Lord directed Moses and Israel how to atone for sin ( the sin offering) : “He