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Make Peace
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:18 I think of my wife when I read James 3:18. Our yard is full of rescued flowers and color; because her favorite thing is to browse the half-dead flowers on Lowes’ discount rack, bring them home, and nurture them…
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Moses lost his temper
In Psalm 106:32-33, the song writer is talking about Moses in Numbers 20:12-13, when he got so angry with the people of Israel and their constant grumbling and complaining, that he lost his temper and hit the rock instead of speaking to the rock, as God had told him to do. Moses was the meekest…
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Abram and Bera’s Money
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV Genesis 14 tells us about the battle of the kings; Lot’s capture; and how Abram, with his band of 318 men rescued his nephew from the four kings. Not only…
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Apology by Plato
I just finished re-reading one of my favorite books, Plato’s Apology. It’s in the Apology where Socrates says that “…the unexamined life is not worth living.” It’s such a rich story, full of so much timeless wisdom. Socrates had been brought to trial and accused of corrupting the youth and denying the gods, which is…
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Ignatius to the Ephesians
Thoughts on Ignatius to the Ephesians Ignatius was a Bishop Antioch in Syria who was sentenced to be “fed to the beasts” in Rome. According to Eusebius, he was executed in 108 BC during the reign of Trajan (98-117 A.D.). On his way to Rome, Ignatius wrote letters to several churches who had helped him…
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Baptism does also now save us.
The “like figure” that Peter spoke of is the water of the flood that saved Noah (1 Peter 3:20). Just as the flood waters saved Noah and his family, baptism saves us now. But you may recall that Paul wrote in Ephesians 2:8, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is…
Figuring It Out
Trying to figure out how to build a website and how to be a good husband, father and child of God; not necessarily in that order.
Figuring It Out 