October 22, 2014
Jesus was asked, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority” (Mt. 21:23)? We are no different when it comes to seek help or understanding. We have experts and specialists on everything, even weather predictors.…
October 18, 2014
Love is the younger sister to bread and without bread love cannot exist. It was one of the first and hardest lessons I was taught as a young minister. With my background as a displaced person by World War II,…
October 16, 2014
Prayer is the tie that binds our hearts and minds into a human family, not necessarily Christian. I have friends that do not profess to be religious; but their behavior, even their language, is exemplary. They know, who I am…
October 11, 2014
James, half –brother of Jesus, according to tradition, made his decisions on his knees. His knees became as hard as the soles of his feet. He wrote these words, “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Elijah…
October 6, 2014
John Mark’s account of the feeding of the five thousand was an answer to prayer. When Jesus told the twelve to feed the people, they must have prayed and sweated. That one feeding would have cost the twelve eight months…
September 27, 2014
Jesus made this sobering statement, “I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe if you accept praises from…
September 22, 2014
Jesus insisted that prayer should yield visible results. It is not just a Christian concept, but human nature demands it. In his Sermon on the Mount He said this, “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good…
September 17, 2014
I have come to realize, that I lacked insight into my petitions because I do not think l like a child. Jesus stunned the people in his day with these words, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth…
September 14, 2014
Paul, the Gentile Apostle, wrote to his Roman Christians, “Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you…
September 10, 2014
The second half of the prayer deals with human concerns for food. This one begins with our daily need for bread. Jesus told his disciple to pray thus: “The daily bread, give to us today.” How does God feed us…