Tag Archives: Jesus Christ
Release the Perfume!
“Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices.” Song of Solomon 4:10 “When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume.” Luke 7:37 What about you? What precious perfume is locked inside [...]
Getting to Know Your “Sheepiness”
I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me. –John 10:14 The shepherds of Israel have a custom of marking their sheep to make them distinct from each other. Each bears a unique notch or brand that makes them distinguishable from their companions. It is not done for aesthetics, but recognition. Christ gives [...]
Absorbing the Evil
I have danced on the edge of theology for years. I appreciate it so much and yet I am confused by a whole lot, and then sometimes just plain disappointed. I do on rare occasion cross the line and wander into “The Twilight Zone”. People who know me well start to get concerned. It is not [...]
Kissing Twisted Lips
God accommodates Himself to our ‘sickness’. We find that He has this beautiful quality about Him, that He becomes quite tender and gentle around any spiritual disease. In his book Mortal Lessons (Touchstone Books, 1987) physician Richard Selzer describes a scene in a hospital room after he had performed surgery on a young woman’s face: [...]
Come Away My Beloved
I WILL BRING THE VICTORY “O My Child, have I ever failed thee? Have I ever turned My back upon thee, or forsaken thee? Have I not been thy refuge and thy strong defense? I have protected thee and kept thee in sickness and in health. Yea, I am with thee to help thee [...]
Shining Forever and Ever
“The wise people will shine like the brightness of the sky. Those who teach others to live right will shine like stars forever and ever.” Daniel 12:3, NCV “So our faces are not covered. They show the bright glory of the Lord, as the Lord’s Spirit makes us more and more like our glorious Lord.” [...]
Jesus is Leaving Us?
But I tell you that I am going to do what is best for you. That is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to help you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you. John 16:7, CEV Someone is thinking. Jesus has an awareness [...]
Avoiding the Word
I must confess, I am often reluctant to read the Bible. There is a ton of what I think are reasons (we must create reasons for this negligence, don’t we?) I find that the Word is minimized, deflected, ignored, reduced and avoided. Because I went to Bible college, been in full time ministry and preached [...]
Our Gentle God Loves Kindness
When I think “gentleness“, what pops into my mind is my wife holding and caressing my infant daughter almost 20 years ago. Her touch is soothing. She softly hums a lullaby. The farthest thing from her thinking at that quiet moment, is anything harsh or cruel. This is critical because of what happens next. One of my [...]