Loving God…four times over

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.  Mark 12:30 In our passage before us today, we have the Lord’s reply to a scribe who came to him and asked Jesus what was the greatest commandment … Read more

Two Kinds of Righteousness

Technically speaking, there are three types of  righteousness listed in scripture.  And these three could be classed as: Imputed Righteousness, Personal Righteousness, and Self-Righteousness.  We all know much about the self-righteousness aspect of scripture, so we will not belabor this particular point in this article; as we wish to focus our attention on the first … Read more

Random Thoughts, Themes, and Conditions

Good morning to those of you who are really serving the Lord out of a pure heart.  For “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in His holy place? He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity.”  Psalm 24:3-4 The wording of this verse makes it very personal and individualistic.  (we … Read more

The Truth about Icebergs

Some quick facts: An iceberg is a piece of ice that has broken off one of the ice-shelves of Antarctica, or from the North Atlantic ice-shelves off Greenland.  They can come in many sizes (mass wise), and in many shapes.  The ocean water currents hitting against the iceberg is what gives it its shape under … Read more

The Other Side of Grace

“For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, … Read more

Immediately

By Mrs. Robert Hammond And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.  Mark 1:31 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. Mark 1:42 And straightway the fountain of her … Read more