Follow the Light
Last night a delivery was made to my dad’s house. In the dark a knock at the door from a man who had a large bag which contained a supply of morphine. What is morphine? …
Source of Renewal
While reading Psalm 21 today, I came to two verses that stood out the most. While the overall chapter is about the favor of the Lord upon His king, these verses are entirely descriptive of …
Vanishing Act
Among all the differences between various bible translations, there are verses and phrases which are entirely missing. For the reason, “Many manuscripts do not contain this verse.” So the ESV and NIV would entirely skip …
Image Bearers
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, …
Believers & Saints
“Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord …
Inscription From Asia
The caregiver of my sponsored child wrote to me a letter about her interests and a little about what she is like. Destine Hanamaria’s caregiver is her mother. Outline / Letter dated 31 October 20171 …
Wind Swept
While reading through Psalms, chapters 1 through 18, I have gone ever so slow. Start, stop, go back, rewind, check that word, cross-reference this phrase or that, re-read and repeat a series of verses and …
Buried in Thought
Side by side, I have been looking back and forth between a segment of Psalms 10 mainly because I am interested in the overall accuracy of written words and meaning among scripture translations—both as either …
The Fertile Crescent
Here is a speculative theory that runs in contradiction to early commentaries about Zechariah’s prophecy in chapter 5. Throughout Mesopotamia and adjacent ancient empires, there were multitudes of people along the Fertile Crescent who have …
Ita Quod Per Ignem
The late repentants were those who narrowly escaped the torment of hell. While of some speculation, the poem reads as a vivid contrast between different providence levels through saving faith and life lived out by …
Above All Else
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” …
Point of No Return
“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by …
Valley of Dry Bones
After a long while, I have come to the end of Ezekiel. A word-for-word slow and careful look at what the words and Spirit within me would say. Here is an outline of notes below …
Seat of Osmosis
There are times at random when in passing I will just pick up my bible off the desk, hold it to my chest and breathe it in with my eyes closed. There is a unique …
The Path to Glory
On a 3 x 5 index card, I have been writing notes and symbols about the process of spiritual life and death. Also many other 3 x 5 cards with various thoughts and conclusions that …
Words to Live By
In the past week or so, I have still had this lasting appetite to pour daily into Ezekiel. Not in a visceral sense, but as a sheep that nurses to get its energy. Something happens …
Better to Give
Here’s a profile of our newly sponsored child. Destine Hanamaria has made it through one of the most vulnerable times in life for a human living in poverty. She made it past her first birthday …
Abiding Truth
Continuing along in my reading of John Piper’s book, “What Jesus Demands from the World”, I just finished the section entitled “Abide in Me.” Numbered as demand #7 with references Jn 15:4, Jn 15:9, and …
