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The End of My Road Oct 29, 2023 Bittersweet is a word not understood by most. Only them who have heard the enormous roar of His quiet Peace above the storm through which they have passed, know this word’s true sense.~ Makala Barnabas Doulos…
Duo Obituaries Oct 10, 2023 If we have never been hurt by a statement of Jesus, it is questionable whether we have ever really heard him speak. Jesus Christ has no tenderness whatever toward anything that is ultimately going to ruin…
What Price Freedom? Would We Pay it? Mar 15, 2021 Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement; he is a rebel who must lay down his arms…. This process of surrender—this movement full speed astern—is what Christians call repentance. Now repentance is…
Some of My Students Interview Me Jun 4, 2018 TIS SENIORS’ RESEARCH PAPER – Reasons For Faith BY: (JY, DL, KBY) Introduction This research emerged from discussions in our ‘Reasons for Faith’ class and is aimed to research the theme of ‘worldviews’. Methodologically, we approached…
Eternity’s Echo in Time Jan 7, 2018 Augustine tells of a vision of seeing a little boy at a beach scooping up the ocean thimbleful by thimbleful and emptying it out on the sand. Then he sees an angel who tells him that…
Little Death Bringing Bigger Lives Dec 14, 2017 This is true joy in life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and…
Coming Home to An Elephant Graveyard Jul 5, 2017 Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a divine center, a speaking voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our…
Easter Smackdown: King Jesus says to death: “Is that all you’ve got?” Apr 16, 2017 The world appears very little to a soul that contemplates the greatness of God. ~Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (c. 1605-1691) Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know…
The Dying Seed of A Fruitful Life Mar 30, 2017 Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a divine center, a speaking voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our…
The West: Rest in Pieces Nov 5, 2016 People today are trying to hang on to the dignity of man, but they do not know how to, because they have lost the truth that man is made in the image of God. . .…
Bulletproof Dead Sep 6, 2016 The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.~ Watchman Nee For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall certainly…
Indestructible Love Jul 27, 2016 When a Christian or group of Christians dies because they trust that Christ is the faithful revelation of God and of a new humanity, their death is not like Obi-Wan Kenobi’s last words to Darth Vader:…
Life Breaks Through: Joy Will Find A Way Feb 15, 2016 These things are beautiful beyond belief;The pleasant weakness that comes after pain,The radiant greenness that comes after rain,The deepened faith that follows after grief,And the awakening to love again.~William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Preserve me, O God, for…
Don’t Forget The Wound Sep 29, 2015 No man ever got so much out of a surgical operation as Adam did.Originally one, he has fallen, and, breaking up… he has filled the whole earth with the pieces.~Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Hear, you…
Inches from Death, And Totally Alive Jul 8, 2015 Getting honest with ourselves does not make us unacceptable to God. It does not distance us from God, but draws us to Him—as nothing else can—and opens us anew to the flow of grace. While Jesus…
A Beautiful Death… Consecration Feb 12, 2015 Death is only painful to him who resists it. The imagination exaggerates its terrors. The spirit argues endlessly to show the propriety of the life of self. Self-love fights against death, like a sick man in…
Dawn of The Dead – Four Years of Living The Crucified Life Oct 19, 2014 We have one function in life: to be the manifestors of His life to the world. Only when we are living His life are we truly living our own! This is the reason for our creation.~Malcolm…
Swimming in The River of Life May 19, 2014 Christ taught an astonishing thing about physical death: not merely that it is an experience robbed of its terror, but that as an experience it does not exist at all. To “sleep in Christ,” “depart and…
A Friend: Safely Home Oct 14, 2013 Glory, hallelujah! Glory, hallelujah! I am with the Lord! Glory, ready, go!—From the scaffold~Charles J. Guiteau (1841-1882)But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve…
Non-Linear Obedience May 9, 2013 It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost him crucifixion.~C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though…
The Agony of Defeat Aug 8, 2011 “When obedience is in the ascendant, He will tax the remotest star and the last grain of sand to assist you with all His Almighty power.” — Oswald Chambers The sting of death is sin, and…
Do We Really Care? May 27, 2011 To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant’s conduct must be ‘so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant…