“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • Implosion and Explosion of Power

    The more ambitious for power we get, the more confused we become. Thank God for that. The consequences of that not being so are disastrous. Whether it is Babel, Babylon, Rome, or some modern equivalent,  human empires come and go. Continue reading

  • What About My Neighbor?

    “If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?” – Martin Luther King Jr. Ask the big questions. Continue reading

  • Lessons from a Feast

      Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. – John 2:11   1.What? – Revelation 2.Where?– Location 3.When? – Celebration 4.How? – Invitation 5.Why? –… Continue reading

  • For This Cause

    Art Source: Petr Ovralov Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. – Genesis 2:24   Everyone needs a cause – especially men it would seem.… Continue reading

  • The Baptism of Jesus

    Sermon – 1-9-22 Continue reading

  • Behold!

    BEHOLD THE LAMB! “… Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” – John 1:29 It is not enough to have a theoretical understanding of God’s redemption through Jesus and how He came to fulfill… Continue reading

  • The River

    "Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water." These words of Jesus pierced the hard rock of my desert soul decades ago as I wandered in a wilderness of doubt and disbelief. I was crying with the… Continue reading

  • There Was a Time

    I believed that no rebuke, criticism, nor counter-attack was necessary for people who made irrational, idiotic, hateful, or illogical statements including those relying upon fiction because they would expose their irrationality to rational minds who would see through their statements. Continue reading

  • Redemption Road – Persia, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Egypt, Nazareth

    Out of that context, God gave us His Son to create a new race of mankind. Continue reading

  • Wrong Door – Wrong Store

    I had a pretty good lesson in humility and pride . It was a moment of internal embarrassment and readjustment in my thinking. Continue reading

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