Posted in The Christian Faith on Jan 20th, 2006
Before I begin today’s reflection, I want to remind readers about the purpose of this blog and quote from another page on it.
I have had this blog installed on my website for months now and have desired to use it as a tool for ministry ever since I installed it. Yet it remained blank. I [...]
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Posted in The Christian Faith on Jan 19th, 2006
[Jesus said] I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. —John 10:14, 27 (RSV)
Men and women who have long made a practice of listening to God claim that they can distinguish between their own imagination and [...]
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Posted in The Christian Faith on Jan 18th, 2006
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered. The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. In a vision he has seen a man [...]
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Posted in The Christian Faith on Jan 17th, 2006
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, Jesus explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. —Luke 24:27 (NIV)
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. —Psalm 51:2-3 (NRSV)
I often reflect on Luke 24:27 [...]
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Posted in The Christian Faith on Jan 16th, 2006
All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the [...]
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