It’s Christmas time! There are so many good things that are gathered around our celebration of the birth of Christ Jesus. More meaningful than the visual effects are the joyous hymns, children’s Christmas plays, candlelight services, and conversations, oh, those marvelous conversations. Well, many are marvelous, some can be caveronus, and some may require an […]
Tag: Grace
Posted inGrace
Things That You Can’t Have Too Much Of
Family Feud was a game show where families guessed common answers to questions. It featured unusual responses. The segment highlights biblical teachings, emphasizing that God provides endless grace, peace, and love. Living by faith allows believers to align with God’s will, overcoming life’s challenges, as illustrated in various scripture passages.
Posted inForegiveness
Aggressive Forgiveness
I don’t know why, but it has always been easier for me to memorize the KJV. For example, Romans 5:20-21. Many of us are familiar with verse twenty, translated in the KJV as, “But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” But, I read this passage in the paraphrased The Message Bible and was surprised […]
Posted inChurch
Water to Wine
The post discusses Jesus transforming water into wine at a wedding and likenes it to Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment and the concept of quantum superposition. It emphasizes God’s miracles during journeys and the importance of Jesus’ ministry, which began at a marriage festival, symbolizing biblical themes of reconciliation and eternal union with Jesus and all believers.
Posted inJoy
Prepare for Joy!
Finding the Heart of Jesus is unlike searching Amazon for a garden hose. Christ’s heart for us is to “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth1.” It is the righteousness (morality, justice) of Christ’s commands that […]
Posted inForegiveness, Grace, Heart, Tears
Do You Remember?
After my life was a shipwreck, a friend told me about Jesus. All of my pent-up guilt flooded out.
Posted inTeaching, Word
Little Ships
Sending rain on the just, His children, and the unjust, teaches us about adjunct grace (ancillary blessing). Adjunct grace is God’s grace that He extends beyond His children and out to the unsaved.
Posted inGrace, Peace, Promises
Relax, Refresh, Renew
Some men from our church home regularly meet for breakfast every Friday. Recently, one of the guys was diagnosed with bone cancer. As you can imagine, this news was a fierce blow to him and his family. Many people have joined in asking the Father for his healing. If you feel led, please remember him […]
Posted inGrace, Love, Mercy
Bummer Lamb
This explanation of a “bummer lamb” has circulated throughout the Internet. It is too good to ignore, so here it is. Every once in a while, a ewe will give birth to a lamb and reject it. There are many reasons she may do this. If the lamb is returned to the ewe, the mother […]
Posted inFaith, Grace
See
Currently, I’m in the midst of a tornado. Not a windstorm, but a manmade one; I’m that man. As a side project, I’m designing some electronics and software for one of my sons. This is a radical departure from my typical, sedate office environment. It’s causing me to learn new things, which is good but […]