August 8, 2014. “As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. What then did you go…

September 7, 2014. “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw…

September 6, 2014. “The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with…

September 5, 2014. “I will stretch out my hand against Judah    and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal    and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,those who bow down on the roofs    to the host of the heavens,those who bow down and swear to…

September 4, 2014. “In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. […] And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for…

September 2, 2014. It has been some 2,000 years since our Lord walked the earth. Some 2,000 years since the kingdom was established as prophesied by Daniel. 2,000 years since the New Testament writers penned what would become our reference of God’s word. Does that concern you? I mean, that was a long time ago….

September 1, 2014. As the theme of my past few posts can attest, I have been going through I and II Corinthians over the past couple of weeks or so and I have gained a lot from it. I finished II Corinthians today and there is a subject that Paul brings up as a final…

August 31, 2014. I am currently watching a tv series on netflix called House, M.D. which follows a very intelligent doctor who seems to be mad at the world and addicted to pain killers for a malady of his leg that was the result of an improper diagnoses. Now House leads a department of diagnostic medicine…

August 29, 2014. I find Paul’s relationship with the Corinthian church very interesting, mostly because the more you read the Corinthian letters, the more you see a true relationship of people, full of struggles and trials, and the love that they really have for one another. Often when you think of a common love shared…

August 29, 2014. When you hear the term ‘peddler,’ what comes to mind? Does it have a good connotation? Bad? In terms of a salesperson, do they sell a cheap product or one of quality? I think most of us grasp the concept of a peddler who hawks a product of questionable quality for a…