"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." John 1:1-3 (NIV)Why is Jesus called the Word?"And God said, 'Let...
Jonah 1:1-3 "The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 'Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me. But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship...
Isaiah 61:3 "And to provide for those who grieve in Zion-to bestow upon them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord...
Sweat poured from my forehead as I shooed away mosquitoes. Through the sticky humidity, a friend, native of the island, and I pressed on through the dusty dirt country roads in the island of Mindanao, Philippines.But what was also warm yet sweet was the hug and peck...
Gen 37:3 "Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind...
Last time we left off our story with Joseph as Potiphar's slave. Potiphar was fascinated by Joseph, especially because he noticed that the Lord was with this particular servant: "The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian...
This morning, while praying for the world against the COVID-19 infestation, my wife felt impressed to read the following passage from Joel:"Blow the trumpet in Zion;sound the alarm on my holy hill.Let all who live in the land tremble,for the day of the LORD is...