They say to error is human. And so it is but seldom without consequences. And when, the price of those consequences are being paid. Because things aren’t going so well. Sometimes like a falling ton of bricks an awareness is discovered. Dropping a curtain of shame because fault has crushed the offender. Bringing about a […]
When things aren’t going so well, the possibility exist for different scenarios. But the following can’t be excluded, and this padre suspects that it comes into play more often than not.
Our sacred scriptures often portray a typology for events. It’s the study of figurative symbols, whereby one scripture(s) has applicable association with one or more […]
Go forth and preach the gospel; if necessary use words, said the twelfth century Friar Saint Francis of Assisi. The most basic element element of Christianity is the preaching of the gospel. Because of its life transforming power, causing some to wonder, how can a life be changed, if one is silent. Concluding, of course, […]
Jesus referred to burdens as gifts from God. Saying, “Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden. And I will give you rest. Take my yoke (way) upon you, and LEARN FROM ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart (humility a spiritual necessity) and you shall find rest unto your souls […]
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall shall eat the fruit thereof,” Proverbs 18:21. Put another way; what we say can preserve life or destroy it, so we must accept the consequences of our words.
Our bodies were designed by God to be of service to him. […]
Revolutionary Iranian cleric Ayatollah Khomeini in 1980 boasted. “We do not worship Iran; we worship Allah. For patriotism is another name for paganism, I say let this land burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.”
And his revolution which was launched 16 January […]
Anything about the devil generates curiosity. So here’s some devil stuff that will amuse some, make others angry and spin others into action. Founded upon truth because it’s from the ‘Amen,’ the faithful and true witness from the beginning of God, Revelation 3:14.
So expect to see very dramatic and dangerous events unfold. Showing where these […]
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed! It’s the only way that it can ever be done,” Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, cultural anthropologist.
Margaret must have hitched hiked on the heels of the worlds foremost cultural anthropologist, Jesus Christ. Who said, “follow me and I’ll make you fishers of men.” […]
From time memorial many people have doubted the existence of God. What often changes their mind is some astonishing event.
Like what occurred to the Jews, as they followed Moses out of Egypt. But things were not going so well with their exodus. And doing what many do best, they complained. Saying, “Is not this the […]
For those, who read yesterdays report written by Mr. Spock filed with the Federation of Nations, before returning to his home planet of Vulcan. Here is a tale from beyond the Federation of Nations. Which somehow made its way to planet earth but maybe not. Maybe because the church found Mr. Spock’s appendix that he […]
Sometime in the future, archaeologists digging through the rubble of what use to be the United States. Discovered a curious document. Because that document contained a novel concept, for citizen responsibility. Which read, “… Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government […]
“Blessed is the person, who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But their delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law, they mediate day and night. And they shall be like a tree planted […]
Isaiah made the ancients aware that a time would come, when unto the world a child would be born. With qualities very different from those children that preceded him, or of those children, who will grace the world with their presences in the future. It was recorded as follows, “For unto us a child is […]
“Princes, also did sit and speak against me, but they servant did meditate in thy statutes,” Psalms 119:23-24.
Nothing is easy or free, it requires this application in one form or other. “Whoever ceases to be a student, has never been a student,” George ILes.
In order to understand and experience Psalms 119:23-24, indeed it takes the […]
The twelfth century, Friar Saint Francis of Assisi counseled, “go forth and and preach the gospel, if necessary use words.”
Friar Saint Francis, preaching of the gospel silently, works in this manner. Jesus said, “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all people unto me,” John 12:32.
With Jesus then acknowledging, “I […]
“There is no peace says the Lord, for the wicked,” Isaiah 48:22.
They find their rest in celebrities as idols and gadgets of molded images. BEYOND idols and images, “Declare, proclaim this, utter it to the end of the earth; say the Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob,” Isaiah 48:20.
Redeemed through the line of succession to […]
The preaching of the gospel is the art of persuasive influence. Which results with the gospel being preached with variable art forms. One way is when Jesus trashed the temple. Calling it a ‘den of thieves.’ Because it was being used for the selling of merchandise, and not for its intended purpose, ‘a house of […]
Go back in time, when Jewish temples doted the landscape. With this carpenters kid stirring up all kinds of controversy among the people. Who grew up to aggravating the religious and political figures to such anger. That they decided that the world would be a better place if he were dead. Most having those experiences […]
On a particular day, Jesus stood among friends, and said, “You are ‘Peter’ and upon this ‘rock’ I’ll build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it,” Matthew 16:18. Then he said what you’d expect from a global revolutionary. “I’m giving to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And […]