Month: July 2018
Your Will Be Done
Your Will Be Done Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 This passage comes from the Lord’s Prayer. Many of us repeat it, often mindlessly, on Sundays in church. The sentiment for God’s will to be done is found throughout the Bible. One memorable usage occurs … Continue reading Your Will Be Done
Podcast: Ask, Search, Knock
Ask, Search, Knock
Ask, Search, Knock Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 These words are among the most quoted and familiar … Continue reading Ask, Search, Knock
Podcast: Strain a Gnat, Swallow a Camel
Strain a Gnat, Swallow a Camel
Strain a Gnat, Swallow a Camel Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law; justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but … Continue reading Strain a Gnat, Swallow a Camel
Podcast of: Not Peace, but a Sword
Not Peace, but a Sword
Not Peace, but a Sword Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. Matthew 10:34 This passage of scripture is easy to ignore as improbable to have been said by Jesus. Perhaps it was mistranslated. Perhaps a disgruntled biblical scribe … Continue reading Not Peace, but a Sword
Contemplating Grace 