25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.-John 12:25 (ESV)- If ever there is to be found a “hard saying” in the Gospels, it is this: “Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this...
In my article last August I wrote, “The nature of God’s call is such that each moment is not’ planned or programmed.” This underscores the importance of listening and listening from God. One of the most difficult and at the same time essential disciplines is that of...
The highly respected Protestant ethicist Paul Ramsey once made the following comment about the call of Samuel as accounted in I Samuel 3. When the Lord called Samuel, Samuel responded, 10 And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And...
In the Christian Calendar, depending on the year cycle, the last Sunday of May or the first Sunday of June is designated as Trinity Sunday. The celebration of Trinity Sunday provides us with opportunity to THINK about God. To do this, we must try...
“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give themwill never thirsty again. The water that I will give will become in them a spring water gushing up to eternallife.” (John 4:13-14) We continually search for...
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”-(Acts 1:8 NRSVUE)- When a group of Bible students were reciting the words of a creed they had...
