We have to talk about Jacob because it is, after all, masquerade month. October closes with what we now call Halloween. Time was when this day was known as All Saints’ Eve, or All Hallows’ Eve. Jacob is the guy who let his mom dress him up. She put his...
The snake was subtle. He didn’t try to advertise the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. There were no blaring headlines or marketing campaigns set in motion to captivate Adam and Eve. The serpent’s approach was built on crafty and snarky questions and flatteries as we read in...
Jesus has all the answers. I am convinced of this; as I am convinced that He is God the Son and as such His attributes include omniscience. That is, He is all-knowing and He is all powerful and everywhere present. This being the case, it is easy to wander into...
“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. …have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one...
“The battle is the Lord’s.” It is also His life, His righteousness, His joy which is our strength. We are kept by His power for it is His salvation. He neither slumbers nor sleeps. He is our ever present help in times of trouble, born for adversity, He loves at all...
What made the devil do it? How did a being so wonderfully made come to despise his station and standing in the design of God? Why did he turn away from the work given to him? The Bible provides detail about the being first known as Lucifer, now called Satan....
