When Jerry and I were caregivers for my mother, I used the following triangle to encourage her to remember her life would not end here. The blue line is the New Birth to Eternal Life. In 4 1/2 years with us she declined rapidly with Alzheimer's disease. Now, in this...
Everyone is absorbed in something. It may only be "self." It is no secret that our minds and hearts soak in what we see, read, hear, and think. Without a desire for what is good and the means to attain it, we are continually saturated with the things of the world....
It has been four months since the initial post, An Excavation of John 17 ~ Unearthing the Truths of the Atonement. Memorization and meditation on the first three verses of John 17 revealed more than we expected to find. In each of the first three verses, we had to...
“Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.” Gen. 1:16 From the beginning of creation, God has proven some things to be greater than others. Without considering a lot of other comparisons, such as wealth,...
As Christians, we live between two extremes ~ between two worlds. We have been “delivered from the power of darkness.” Our heavenly Father has “translated us—conveyed us (NKJV) into the kingdom of His dear Son.” Col.1:13 A follower of Christ knows the reality of...
"When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom." Proverbs 11:2 “Pride is ours, from Adam, and rules in us with such terrible power, because it is ourself -- our very nature. Humility (from Christ) must be ours in the same way; it must be our very...
In this conclusion, I hope to put to rest the idea that there is such a thing as a mere Christianity. It is simple, but profound. Enough, but much more than we can know. We will add the following synonym study to the introduction of the book....
Most people see contentment in good health, relationships, possessions, fashions, the cars we drive and the homes in which we live, many of these indicating the measure of our personal success. God’s people are given a means of seeing what is different from the world....
"As a child I had a recurring dream of walking a dirt path, and seeing the reflection of the sun on something in the dirt. Reaching down I discovered a penny. (When I was a child we picked up lost pennies.) As I picked it up, I found other pennies. Picking up the...