April 15, 2018
Pilate’s most painful task was to comply with Jesus’ wishes and with the Jew’s demand to pronounce the death sentence on Jesus and execute Him. In the Gospel of John (19:2-3), to induce mercy and hopefully a release for Jesus,…
April 15, 2018
The Cross of Christ is the most powerful deterrent from going to hell. In the ancient world, the cross also was a deterrent against crime. The first horrifying use of the cross, to avenge himself, was Jannaeus, the grandson of…
April 14, 2018
Living in grace is to lead a content and satisfied life in Christ. Outside of Christ or outside of God’s kingdom there is no absolute and no satisfactorily contentment available. It is even impossible! Jesus told the ruler of the…
April 11, 2018
Peter began his new journey in Joppa in a prayer room. His experience with Aeneas and Tabitha (Dorcas) had lifted him to his highest spiritual mountain. Peter felt clean and at peace with himself; and therefore, he had determined in…
March 31, 2018
Caiaphas and his Kangaroo court were about to sit down and eat their Passover meal when Judas arrived and informed them that Jesus could easily be apprehended without a public notice. To avoid public retribution, the leaders had decided to…
March 30, 2018
Living in grace is spreading love where it is least expected. Grace avoids favoritism! And grace fears no humiliation! Even the idea that your own kind (people) comes first was a Jewish idea and not a Christian idea. Jesus, Himself,…
March 29, 2018
The passing on of the “spirit” of Elijah to Elisha is not a new phenomenon. It began when the Creator breathed His Breath into man. And the Creator commanded man to multiply, so that the “spirit” was being passed on.…
March 27, 2018
In the early period of the kings, Elijah and his successor Elisha were violent men. It was the age when justice demanded, “a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye and a life for a life” (Genesis 9:1-7).…
March 25, 2018
In the early period of the kings, Elijah and his successor Elisha were violent men. It was the age when justice demanded, “a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye and a life for a life” (Genesis 9:1-7).…
March 25, 2018
The “condition” God installed in Genesis 2:17 dominated the “Monarchs” of Israel and Judah. The world also can slice off a piece of the pie of “good and evil,” and so can every person. “Do not be deceived; God is…