And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head…And some scolded her. But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do […]
When Christ came into the world, he said to God,“You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me a body to offer.”—He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach–if indeed you continue in the […]
–Who alone is worthy?– The morning sun came streaming in at the sliding glass doors today. It doesn’t do this too often at this time of year but we’re having a cold snap complete with frosty nights and cloudless blue daytime skies, and this brilliance of sunshine. And suddenly these windows of mine don’t seem […]
We’re forever wanting when we’re not worshiping. Have you noticed? We were made for something more than this world can afford. It offers a lot–pleasure, applause, glamour, always some form of what we crave. But it delivers nothing worth having, nothing that lasts. Nothing that actually satisfies the craving of our hearts. Oh there’s plenty […]
I ‘tuned in’ online to a short sound-bite on “Wretched TV” * which has kept me ruminating all week. It had the innocuous title: “Why You are Discouraged”. I don’t know what explanation I was expecting. But this wasn’t it. Have you ever considered the connection between discouragement and idolatry?! I hadn’t either. But consider […]