Good Morning Friends, The word “authority” has many applications. A person who is an expert in a particular subject area is called an authority. Another word for government at various levels is authorities. Some are authorities in religion. Others are moral authorities who act out a sense of violations of their moral views. One could … Continue reading Will Being Salt And Light Be Enough To Show Those In Ultimate Authority Our Intentions Are True?
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Are We Walking the Walk or Just Talking the Talk When It Comes To Being Salt and Light?
Good Morning Friends, Yesterday was the third Sunday in Advent and we continued our study of John the Baptist and the challenge of prophets confronting sin in the world. The reality is that they must have had doubts. But doubt has a place, for it is a component of our faith and a potentially positive … Continue reading Are We Walking the Walk or Just Talking the Talk When It Comes To Being Salt and Light?
Does Jesus Fulfil Your Christmas Wish?
Good Morning Friends, The world’s political powers even today try to leverage the influence of religious institutions, even within our own country. There is a battle of ideas on the ideologies that will withstand the test of time. Think of Russia, Iran, and China and how they each exert pressure to gain greater domination over others. … Continue reading Does Jesus Fulfil Your Christmas Wish?
What Has God Established In Us That Reflects His Image And Unifies Science And Scripture?
Good Morning Friends, Maybe you remember watching it on T.V. Star Trek: The Next Generation, it aired for 7 years and 8 months from 1987 to 1994. What is interesting to me today is that it incorporated the idea of a Holodeck on the Starship Enterprise into its science fiction plotline using the Holographic Universe … Continue reading What Has God Established In Us That Reflects His Image And Unifies Science And Scripture?
If We Are Held, Helped and Called Can We Too Be Great?
Good Morning Friends, There are a lot of things to be afraid of such as death and the unknown, rejection and ridicule, pain and misery, and failure and loneliness. These are fears that describe an inner condition of the heart. That is, these are not fears of specific things like snakes, spiders and scorpions. I … Continue reading If We Are Held, Helped and Called Can We Too Be Great?
Can Our Personal Spiritual Growth And Community And Church Work Become Unified?
Good Morning Friends, Maybe we should value both an easy faith in our practice of religion and one that suffers too. Probably we are to meet problems in the church and our personal life with an attitude that difficulties must be addressed, and some are there because we are doing something right not something wrong. … Continue reading Can Our Personal Spiritual Growth And Community And Church Work Become Unified?
Are We Being Called In The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit To Provide Hope For Lost Sheep?
Good Morning Friends, One of God’s favorite metaphors in the Bible is that of a shepherd. All throughout the story of Scripture, the importance of leading the flock is threaded through the message. Abel kept flocks. Abraham amassed an enormous number of sheep and goats. Moses and David were the two central leaders of the … Continue reading Are We Being Called In The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit To Provide Hope For Lost Sheep?
Will The Hope We Find In The Story Of The Birth Of Jesus Move Us To Be Better?
Good Morning Friends, Here in the story… history and His story and our stories converging in the compassion of the great commandment… a Jesus in a manger, a Jesus on the cross, a risen Jesus…and now Jesus in us. Friends, when we trust in God, we overflow with the hope of the Holy Spirit. When we … Continue reading Will The Hope We Find In The Story Of The Birth Of Jesus Move Us To Be Better?
What Do You Do When You Have To Wait?
Good Morning Friends, On Friday the devotional was about how Jesus' love opens spiritual eyes, inviting us to trust deeply, believe in his power, and embrace the healing that transforms our hearts and lives. When we receive this compassion and mercy of the Lord in our life it acts as a foundation for our faith to grow and … Continue reading What Do You Do When You Have To Wait?
What Are We To Say About What We Believe When Jesus’ Love Heals Us Spiritually?
Good Morning Friends, Today’s devotional is about blindness and primal trust and our will to believe in the power of Jesus while at the same time, without being paranoid, realize that some people who want to play God will seize opportunities to make a trap for those that uphold hope. It is about inner blindness … Continue reading What Are We To Say About What We Believe When Jesus’ Love Heals Us Spiritually?
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