This is our hope: For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day. – John 6:40 As an evangelical, the thing I miss most about my liturgical church is the liturgical…
I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not give my glory to anyone else or the praise I deserve to idols. – Isaiah 42:8 (Names of God version) I went to a wonderful exhibit this weekend, Discovering the World of Jesus. There were several ossuaries including the one believed to have held the bones…
Then He said, “Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” Exodus 3:5 This week’s attribute may seem like a contradiction to last week’s friendly, sociable, genial qualities. Yahweh is both sociable and holy–set apart. Holiness is separateness. He is set…
We’re starting out in Genesis again this week – what a surprise! I can’t pin down this attribute with just one word – they’re all inadequate. Friendly, sociable, genial, approachable–they all fall short in describing the King of Creation who genuinely enjoys hanging out with us. When we think of Genesis 3, we tend to…
The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. – Psalm 19:1 Another thing we learn from creation – our God is a genius. His genius of design is everywhere we look, in every branch of arts and sciences. The cosmos proclaims, “He designed this–for us!” The Goldilocks…