Tag Archives: Christian Theology

Anecdotal Story 7/15/2023

A Sixth Sense This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 7/15/2023

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 41 As pictures are made curious by lights and shades, which without shades could not be: so is felicity composed of wants and supplies; without which mixture there could be no felicity. Were there … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/14/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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John 20:20

Friday July 14, 2023 John 20:20 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Many a disciple of Jesus sits alone with his sorrows and … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 7/14/2023

Lifting the Little Lamb A friend of mine who had been in Eastern lands told me he saw a shepherd who wanted his flock to cross a river. He went into the water himself and called them; but no, they … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/13/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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The Price of Vision

Thursday July 13, 2023 Isaiah 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord. Our soul’s history with God is frequently the history of the “passing of the hero.” Over and over again God has to remove … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 7/13/2023

Butcher Drives Sheep A party of tourists was on its way to Palestine and its guide was describing some of the quaint customs of the East. “Now,” said he, “you are accustomed to seeing the shepherd following his sheep through … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/12/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Mark 11:24

Wednesday July 12, 2023 Mark 11:24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. Consecration is entered by an act of faith. You are to take … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 7/12/2023

The Shepherd and Flock In our country we do not realize the intimacy of a shepherd with his flock as they do in Syria and in parts of Southern Europe. It was my daily delight every day for many weeks … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/11/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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The Mission of the Son of Man

Tuesday July 11, 2023 Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” It is strange what unusual places Christ finds some of his people in! I knew one of Christ’s … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 7/11/2023

I Am The Door A tourist in Syria observed with interest how a shepherd drove all his sheep into a sheepfold one evening. The fold was an enclosing wall with only one opening. On that opening he noticed that there … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/10/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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God In the Form of Man

Monday July 10, 2023 Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. So completely are we carried … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 7/10/2023

That’s Enough The Rev. R. I. Williams telephoned his sermon topic to the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch. “The Lord is my Shepherd,” he said. “Is that all?” he was asked. He replied, “That’s enough.” And the church page carried Mr. William’s … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 7/08/2023

Leadership Principles From Nehemiah – 6 Leaders Resist Underhanded Politics (Nehemiah 6:5-9). HAVING failed to intimidate Nehemiah into stopping the work, Sanballat and his followers tried smear tactics to shut the project down (Nehemiah 6:5–7). Frustrated opponents often resort to … Continue reading

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God’s Clock Is Never Wrong

For Saturday July 8, 2023 Acts 1:7 [Jesus] said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.” A story is told of a man who rushed into … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 7/08/2023

A High Class Person Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the LORD took me from tending the flock … Continue reading

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