A weekly reading experience that brings you the best from the vast and growing world of online faith-based and faith-challenging writers.
Links to begin the week
You want to read but which books? There are examples of faith from Church History but how would you find them?
Lessons we can learn
Faith and Experience John the Baptist- A word from God John, the forerunner of Jesus, was the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth. Zechariah was a priest and they were passed normal child-bearing age. Zechariah had a vision predicting the birth of a son. He doubted and was mute until the boy was born. He wrote […]
Link to a previous post on my blog. 3 Leaders… 1 was frustrated… 2 were not… why? Links to things I’ve read recently. You should not assume that I agree with everything said in these articles but I did find them thought provoking. How Do I Serve without Becoming a Doormat? Missionaries Travel From Africa To Bring The […]
From Wikipedia: Anne Applebaum is an American journalist and historian. She has written extensively about the history of Communism. Applebaum also holds Polish citizenship. Applebaum won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2004 for Gulag: A History. Applebaum was born in Washington, D.C. to a reform Jewish family, In 1992, Applebaum married Radosław Sikorski, who later served as Poland’s Defense Minister, Foreign Minister, Marshal of the […]
In his Gospel, Matthew argued that Jesus was the expected Jewish Messiah: He was a son of Abraham (1:1) He was the Son of David and the Messianic King (1:1; 9:27; 12:23; 15:22; 20:30-31; 21:9; 22:41-45) Matthew also used the Jewish Scriptures to present the case that Jesus= life and death fulfilled the prophetic expectations. (1:22-23; […]
Link to a previous post on my blog. Moses and Samuel: 2 Great leaders…4 Godly parents…2 Mixed childhoods …opposition …success… failure… and passing the baton Links to things I’ve read recently. You should not assume that I agree with everything said in these articles but I did find them thought provoking. 5 Simple Ways to Bless Your Pastor […]
Biography From her website: Rosaria Butterfield, a former tenured professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse University, converted to Christ in what she describes as a train wreck. Her memoir, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor’s Journey into Christian Faith (Crown and Covenant, 2012), chronicles her conversion. Rosaria is married […]
When Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple to be dedicated they met Simeon. Simeon had been told by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he saw the Messiah. (Luke 2:25-26) God moved him to go to the temple that day. He held Jesus in his arms and blessed God. He […]
Link to a previous post on my blog. What do you do when it’s hard to trust God? Links to things I’ve read recently. You should not assume that I agree with everything said in these articles but I did find them thought provoking. 6 Times We See the Heart of Jesus in Action—and What It Means for […]
Two ways that God shows that he is in control of Christmas First, he named John the Baptist. Then, he named Jesus. Naming Naming is very important. Parents usually name their children We also get to name the things that belong to us. Things that we want to receive special treatment. We name our cars, our computers, […]
