Mark 12:31-33 CONTEXT If one reads Mark Chapter 12 we find that the lessons preceding this one v.28-34, begin in verse 13 and continue through verse 30. There are in most modern translation two headings breaking up the text v.13-17 Paying Caesar Taxes and v.18-30 The Sadducees ask about resurrection. In each case the Pharisees, Sadducees … More Daily Devotional – “O Holy Night”
AmericanMinute.com – William J. Federer Christmas Truce of 1914 & selected Presidential Christmas Greetings “So CHRISTMAS becomes the only holiday in all the year…”-FDR – When the First World War began, British women suffragists sent an Open Christmas Letter “To the Women of Germany and Austria” imploring peace as the first Christmas of the war approached. Pope Benedict XV, … More Christmas Truce of 1914
Luke 2:13-15 CONTEXT The angels announce Jesus Birth and call the shepherds to visit. Angels were heralds of the new-born Saviour, but they were only sent to some poor, humble, pious, industrious shepherds, who were in the business of their calling, keeping watch over their flock. We are not out of the way of Divine … More Daily Devotional – Angel We have Heard On High
Matthew 1:18-25 CONTEXT/COMMENTS In yesterday’s devotional, we looked at the story of Jesus birth from the physician Luke’s perspective. We focused upon the blessing Mary had to be chosen as the mother of our Lord and Savior. In the Gospel of Matthew we find a completely different story one in which Mary is not the … More Daily Devotional – What if you knew?
PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? In this article, we outline the pro-life and pro-choice meanings, equipping you with enough knowledge to make a confident decision. Pro-life vs pro-choice. You’ve probably heard the two terms used liberally throughout your lifetime. One side seems occupied with women’s rights, while the other is associated with saving babies. The truth … More PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
With the apparent loss of the Pro-Life presidency of Donald Trump to the pro-death democratic platform of the Bidden-Harris ticket, I urge everyone to sign the petition below: FYI: Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Abortion? SIGN THE National Petition to Defund Planned Parenthood SIGN HERE Pro-Life Group Urges Americans to Not Get Coronavirus Vaccines Because … More Pro-Life News Updates (Various Sources)
PSALM 94 I was reading this Psalm this morning and I thought of our nation, how far we have fallen, how miserable we have become as a “people.” There was a time when we were a God fearing nation, that is to say for the most part folks honored the law of the land, respected … More Sunday Sermon Series – Man’s Natural Blindness
PRAYER John Bunyan on Prayer, Three part series we posted earlier this year Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused. — Spurgeon God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil. — E.M. Bounds It … More Devotional Thought for Today – 12/12/2020
ESV and RVR 1960 INFORMING THE NEXT GENERATION CONTEXT (v. 1-31) : v. 1–8 The introduction to Ps. 78 explains that it is a “parable” (v. 2) intended to exhort the Israelites to not be like their forefathers (v. 8). In v.5–8 The psalmist describes how God (Ps 78:5) demanded that Israel not only recount His laws and instructions, but also … More Devotional Thought for Today – 12/11-2020
Psalm 77 CONTEXT: The Psalmist write about being in a state of near desperation v.1-9 until he begins to recall the all the great works God has done v.10-20. He climbs from despair to hope, by seeking the Lord in his day of trouble. Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems … More Devotional Thought for Today – 12/10/2020
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