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Dr. Christian was my very patient college Calculus professor. I made sure to take all three Calculus classes under her. She was a great teacher and so good to meet with me and answer all of my questions. I remember one particular day meeting with her during her office hours for her to help me…
In Part 1 of this post, At the Judgment — Part 1, we learned that God’s Word is clear that the believers’ sins are forgiven, cleansed, and remembered no more. But what about those verses that say things like we will give account of every idle word, etc.? Let’s take a closer look at those. …
Do you ever think about the Judgment? I’ve thought about the Judgment at times, but it’s not something I’ve liked to think a lot about. I know there will be rewards given. But I also know there will be fear and loss, as well. The ‘wiping away of all tears’ and the ‘no more crying,’…
I love plants, and flowers especially. They add so much joy to a room. But I don’t have much of a green thumb. O.K. I don’t have a green thumb. At all. In fact, it is a joke in my house that if I buy a plant, I have sentenced it to a short life….
She was there when they crucified her Lord. She helped prepare His body for burial. All the while her soul filled with the agony of grief. How can this be? He was a good man. He was my Saviour, my Lord. The One who delivered me from the torment of demon possession and illness. He…
Jesus has been betrayed, and forsaken by all but two of His disciples. The Jews bring Him to Pilate seeking His death. In response to Pilate’s questioning, Jesus references truth. Then… Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them,…
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 The world is constantly seeking to overcome us, to discourage, and even destroy us. Jesus warns that this will always be the…
I have met and known some unhappy, and even depressed, Christians in my life. Maybe you are one. Maybe life hasn’t turned out the way you had expected. And maybe there are problems, really tough problems, in your life. Some of those problems may be the natural consequences of sin…either yours… or someone else’s. And…
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. John 8:25 I used to read the gospels and think, “Why is Jesus so vague with the Pharisees when they ask Him to tell them plainly who He is? Doesn’t He want…
In our reading this week, we see the Pharisees doing a lot of judging. They judge Jesus in Chapter 7. And in chapter 8 they judge a woman taken in adultery. Both times Jesus rebukes them. Why? Our culture would say that it is because no one has the right to judge another. However, that…