Jesus today poses a question to his disciples which we have heard multiple times and it began with the words "what do you think?" This means that you are allowed to have an opinion on the matter at hand. The question that followed was this: " If a man has a hundred sheep, and one... Continue Reading →
DON’T COME TO GOD WITH YOUR ANSWERS
Mark 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? When a question is repeated, one of two things is true: either the hearer did not hear and understand the question... Continue Reading →
YOU CAN SAFELY FOLLOW
DAY 48/366 Luke 5:27, 28 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he left all, rose up, and followed him. Reading the Gospel today sent my mind back to the call of Peter and Andrew in... Continue Reading →
HE MOVES ON TIME
296/365 Luke 13:16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?” Timetables are meant to serve as guides for when things are to be done. The problem with them is the chaos they create when clashes of... Continue Reading →
NO MIXING!
DAY 226 OF 365 IN 2021 NO MIXING! Joshua 24:23 He said, “Remove the foreign gods that are in your midst, and incline your hearts to Yahweh the God of Israel.” Students of metallurgy and the material sciences are familiar with alloys. Even from basic chemistry, we gain an understanding of what the concept of... Continue Reading →
BEYOND LOGIC
DAY 181 OF 365 IN 2021 BEYOND LOGIC Genesis 21:5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. I read one line of today's text, paused and found myself laughing. It is one of those statements which when you hear, you have to adjust your position, clear your ears... Continue Reading →
A PLACE FOR HIS SOVEREIGNTY
DAY 172 OF 365 IN 2021 A PLACE FOR HIS SOVEREIGNTY There are stories in the news that we hear on a daily basis that are hard to believe, they literally sound as if they have been cooked up from the genius imagination of a modern writer of fiction. If Abram's story has no place... Continue Reading →