I overheard a conversation yesterday that suggested that we are at “end times”. For self described “believers” this is a very exciting time as they ready their tickets for the one way trip that they are expecting. After all, that is what separates them from everyone else. So they read their Bibles and commune with…
I haven’t been back to visit my blog since I got to Easter. I guess I was drained. Since, like so many, I am pulled in many directions I decided I had nothing more to give to scripture. Funny, huh. So here I am, back again and hoping that I can sustain something worthy of…
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20 Our story as Christians is just…
“After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdelene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, approached, rolled back the stone and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightening and his…
“Taking the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen and laid it in his new tomb that he had hewn in the rock. Then he rolled a huge stone accross the entrance of the tomb and departed. But Mary Magdelene and the other Mary remained sitting there, facing the tomb.” Matthew 27:59-61I believe the other…
“From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema Sabachthani” which means, “my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “This one is calling for Elijah.” Immediately…
“When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him, one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord?” He said in reply, “He who has…
“During the day, Jesus was teaching in the temple area, but at night he would leave and stay at the place called the Mount of Olives. And all the people would get up early each morning to listen to him in the temple area.” Luke 21 37-38I chose this quote because it is the last…
“In the course of his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in marketplaces, seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets. They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext, recite lengthy prayers. They will receive a very severe…
“Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he said in reply, “the coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.” Luke 17:20-21Being Palm Sunday, the obvious thing to…