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In our last post, we found that the Christmas story actually begins in the book of Genesis. After the fall of man, God confronted the serpent (satan) and declared war on him. God decreed that a Savior, one born of a woman, would come, and He would crush satan’s head. (Genesis 3:15) The sacred promise…
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The Christmas story… beautifully familiar! Memorialized in manger scenes in front of churches, displayed in town squares, and front lawns across the land. Presented perennially in children’s nativity plays… “Mary” and “Joseph” looking lovingly at the doll “baby Jesus” wrapped in a towel and laid on a bed of straw… the “shepherds” and “wise men”…
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Jesus prayed… He prayed at every opportunity. He prayed earnestly. He prayed urgently. He prayed intensely. He prayed powerfully. He prayed productively. He prayed passionately. Jesus prayed with focus, faith, and fire. He prayed at His baptism in the Jordan.He prayed before choosing the apostles.He prayed before feeding the multitudes.He prayed publicly, and He prayed…
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Before beginning this week’s post, I would like to thank those who have responded to the recent tragic events in the Philippines with their heart-felt prayers for the people of Cebu and the neighboring provinces. Relief and recovery work in the hardest hit areas is ongoing, and there is still much to do. Please continue…
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The average person has about 6,200 thoughts per day. Our seemingly endless stream of thoughts is generated, considered, analyzed, and either filed as a memory, or forgotten as a “throw-away”. And all this with astonishing speed: 275 mph (443 kph)! Wow! I’m having some lightning-fast thoughts right now. Like, how did neuro-scientists count all those…
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This week, as I have thought about and prayed for the Philippines, I felt Holy Spirit drawing me to the following passage of scripture: ¹¹ “(God said) ‘(Elijah), leave this cave, and go standon the mountainside in my presence.’ The Eternal passed by him. The mighty wind separated the mountains and crumbled every stone before…
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As I chronicled in my previous post, the Philippines has recently been pummeled and pounded by a series of catastrophic natural disasters. The island of Cebu, where I lived and worked as a missionary for many years, was hit especially hard. First, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in northern Cebu, struck on the…
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As you know, I was a missionary in the Philippines for more than 13 years, and it quickly became my adopted home. Filipino people are gentle, caring, cheerful, hard-working, resilient, and family-oriented.They quickly find their way into your heart. The nation of the Philippines has many nicknames, one of which is “Land of the Morning”.…
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One of the greatest mysteries in all of eternity is this: Man was made in the image and likeness of God. (Genesis 1:26) And Jesus, God in the flesh, was made in the likeness of man. Philippians 2:7 says that Jesus: “… became human! He humbled Himself and became vulnerable, choosing to be revealed as…
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From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is a book of miracles! From the moment of creation when God said, “Let there be light!”(Genesis 1:3) all the way to the Apostle John’s vision of the new heaven and earth (Revelation 22:1-5) miracles abound! We read about the awe-inspiring miracles of Jesus recorded in the Gospels, but…