Merry Christmas. What is it about the Christmas season that brings out the worst in the anti-Christian and anti-Jewish zealots? This along with the constant denigration of Christians and Jews brings me to the conclusion it must be fear, or they have a problem with their own image in the mirror.
The third in the Songs of Ascent is a solid hymnal offering for peace. It is centred on the Temple experience; the physical attainment of the LORD’S city by the pilgrims. And the connection is made between the city and its LORD. In our contemporary day, this psalm is not merely a Temple hymn – a song of Zion – it’s very much an exhortation for the achievement of the presence of peace; the long sought-after yearning of Jerusalem.
If we feel weary of doing battle with the world, it’s probably because we’re trying to fight it alone. It’s only when we get reinforcements to fight back the devil, that we can receive the rest and refreshment we crave.
For those of us that enjoy Halloween, here’s some reasons why God loves Halloween… Halloween is a community event that focuses on children. The church “reinvented” Halloween, so as to be inclusive. If Jesus were here, he would be out on Halloween night, spending time with families and talking with everyone he could meet!
There are a lot of stories about Chango. He was the king of the West African city Oyo. He was cruel and kind.
Do you wish to live one life in common with God? Do you wish to be supremely happy, to be constantly over brimming with joy and peace, to possess God as the Saints in Heaven do; to perform divine acts continuously rather than human ones? Do you want to start living the life of Heaven right here on Earth? In other words, do you earnestly want the gift of the Divine Will? Well, if you do, I’ve got good news for you! God loves us so much that it always was His intention that we live with the gift of the Divine Will, that is, that we live one life in common with Him right from the beginning. When He created Adam and Eve, He placed them in the Garden of Paradise, where they lived supremely happy.
What are the prominent Jewish symbols and what do they mean? Here’s a short introduction. Find out more about the Star of David, the Jewish menorah and the Hebrew symbol Chai.
God is passionate about you and I, for we have a unique share in what interests the LORD. Faith must express itself through works, for that is love. These seven interests, then, speak of how we please God in the manner of our activity in, through, and for love.
Liberty; Freedom from restraint, in a general sense, and applicable to the body, or to the will or mind. The body is at liberty, when not confined; the will or mind is at liberty, when not checked or controlled.
It’s easy for a Christian to become despondent as he or she looks increasingly at a crumbling world; popularity is competitively decadent, just as morality is in decline, yet so many things about life brim with hope. We easily lose our way if we’re focused on the wrong things. Psalm 146 is a song of praise that comes to us in the form of a hymn, though we can view it, also, from the wisdom genre, for it contrasts the ways of the wise and foolish. The psalm helps us to refocus on God when we are discouraged in our faith.
