September 15, 2019
Love, yes love, can be a window into heaven, but love can also be a door into hell. I have been through times when I felt guilty of not loving God and Christ enough, not praying enough, not reading the…
September 8, 2019
Love is a popular subject in the world and we use it mostly for our convenience. We love to hear that God and Christ love us, but how do we love God and Christ without their physical presence? In that…
September 1, 2019
The Zebedees were not the only ones with preconceived ideas what it meant to partner with the Spirit of Christ and with God. It was and it is still difficult to hack into a fixed mind, that has a set…
August 25, 2019
It was not Mark’s style to overlook Jesus’ interest in Samaria because Samaria became a major mission outreach field for the Kingdom of God, after Pentecost and the first major persecution. Philip, one of the seven deacons, ended up in…
August 18, 2019
To become a reality in the world, the Kingdom of God requires many people, who will partner with the Holy Spirit. Jesus knew from the start, that the one Jew, that He had chosen to sow the Gospel, would end…
August 12, 2019
Mark gave the followers of Christ a realistic view of Jesus’ life and task. Jesus’ life was in danger of being shut down from the very beginning. It was not just the loose tongue of the leper that hindered Jesus’…
August 3, 2019
The Commandment to cease all labor on the Sabbath was not a commandment to heal, to starve, or even to fast. I lived among people to whom the Sabbath (Sunday) was very important; and therefore, no work, or any kind…
July 29, 2019
The Hebrew Fathers had developed a comfort zone guarded by a merit system, known as “The tradition of the fathers.” The tradition of the fathers replaced the Law of Moses. And therefore, they made the Law of Moses fit into…
July 21, 2019
In the prayer for his disciples Jesus said this: “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:1). Unfortunately, on earth, the rulers and the powerful become the will of God. In Jesus’…
July 14, 2019
In Samuel’s day, the leaders of Israel asked for a king to be like the other nations (I Samuel 8:5). The Herods were the first and the last to fit the Jews into the world. But, the Jews believed that…