Isaiah 61: Year of the Jubilee

Have any of you ever met a warrior?  There are many men and woman who really do have the โ€œblood of justice on their garments,โ€ soldiers, police officers, guards โ€ฆ warriors. Have you ever had an opportunity to listen to their stories, what it took to fulfill their mission, the heartache, the strength and courage, … Continue reading Isaiah 61: Year of the Jubilee

Isaiah 24: The Lye of Sin

The Lordโ€™s deliverance would be severe mercy in the storm of Godโ€™s wrath, destroying all that is wrong, and leaving only what is good, pure, and right.

Tabitha (Dorcas)

The unique and intriguing story of a woman with dual citizenship, as it were, a woman known for her good deeds, the only woman who was actually called disciple in the entire Christian Testament, whose death rocked her Christian community to its core, and her deliverance by being raised back to life generated widespread belief in the Lord.

Gospel of John: Lamb of God Judged

If God did not judge sin it would mean that God was indifferent to the existence of right and wrong, good and evil. But the Lord is not indifferent. God's wrath, grief, and intense pain over sin is the necessary and only right response.

Minor Prophets: Micah, God is Supreme

God did forgive the people. In the last verse of this book, Micah spoke with confident hope that God would show faithfulness to the people, unswerving loyalty, because this is not only Godโ€™s nature but also the nature of Godโ€™s love for Godโ€™s own.

B Prime, Wisdom for 1 Peter 3:8

We usually think that we are at Point A and we intend to, or at least want to, get to Point B. Point B is our destination. Sometimes we get there, but more often, it feels like an obstacle course, and the map keeps changing. We end up way of course. Or, thereโ€™s a barrier that we just canโ€™t seem to get through. But what if there were a B Prime, a destination we never thought of, but thatโ€™s what God had in mind the whole time?