Posts Tagged With: A Word of Grace
A Word of Grace – June 27, 2011
Dear Friends: The account of Jesus healing the paralyzed man at the pool of Bethesda in John 5:2-15 has always intrigued me. John tells the story in an uncharacteristically spare fashion as the prelude to describing some of the most incredible claims of Jesus to divinity. The story stands on its own with the kind … Continue reading
A Word of Grace – June 20, 2011
Dear Friends: It is Father’s Day and I am feeling, well . . . fatherly. My son Andrew, all smiling, six feet of him came in last night and hugged me and said “I am glad that you’re my dad.” I replied, “I’m glad that you’re my son. I’m proud of you and the man … Continue reading
A Word of Grace – June 13, 2011
Dear Friends: Is there one of us who doesn’t face some gulf that we can’t span? Some flood that overwhelms us? Some distance greater than our weak faith can seem to close? The lament of David in Psalm 69:1-3 expresses what this can feel like– Save me, O God; for the waters have come up … Continue reading
A Word of Grace – June 6, 2011
Dear Friends: When most people think of “idols” the have in mind literal statues–or the next pop star anointed by Simon Cowell. Yet while traditional idol worship still occurs in many places of the world, internal idol worship, within the heart, is universal. In Ezekiel 14:3, God says of the elders of Israel, “These men … Continue reading
A Word of Grace – May 23, 2011
“You are what you eat,” is a saying with many attributions. Its truth is undeniable. What we eat directly affects our physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
God called Moses to commune with him on Mount Sinai. The people wouldn’t come with him, afraid they would die if they drew near to God. “You go find out what God wants and then speak to us and we will listen.”
So Moses hiked up alone and the first thing God told him on that trip up the mountain was “You should not make gods of silver along side me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold” (Ex 20:18-23).
When Moses came back he told the people all the instructions for them that God had given on the mountain. He described the terms of God’s covenant with them and the requirements for worshipful obedience. Continue reading
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