… he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him [emphasis mine] —Acts 10:38b Admittedly, at first glance this may be no big deal (pardon my downplaying of the whole scheme of redemption, I’m attempting to make a point 🙂 ). However, in the […]
Mind tilt
Sometimes you just struggle to understand what you read. I’ve been trying to wrap my little gray matter around this paragraph — it makes my head hurt. Not the first time it’s given me a head thumping. It keeps dragging me, kicking and screaming, back to it, much like the giant carnivorous plant in the movie “Little […]
What’s the big deal with “seven?”
Interesting thing I noticed in John 14-17. I’ve been going over and over this section since going to Brasil a few weeks ago. Seven times Jesus tells his disciples that whatever they ask the Father for, they would receive. Seven times. Is the redundancy for emphasis or is it because they didn’t believe him… and he […]
Sodom and Gomorrah… POOF!
A clay tablet that has baffled scientists for 150 years has been identified as a witness’s account of the asteroid suspected of being behind the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. According to the London Times, quoted by Fox News, a tablet found by Henry Layard in the remains of the library in the royal place […]
Supper and a thought
Been doing lots of ruminating on the concept and practice of what we popularly call communion or the Lord’s Supper. I just finished The Hidden Power of the Blood of Jesusby Mahesh Chavda. It’s a refreshing look and passionately written. One thought/question that keeps chasing me, prior to reading it and even more tenaciously after […]