God’s Mercy

This morning we looked at the healing of another blind man (see Luke 18:35-43), but not only did we see a miracle of healing, we learned a lot about mercy. Mercy is defined as ‘compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or...

Stand Firm!

Terry Goodkind wrote a fantasy series called the ‘Sword of Truth’ in which one character (Richard), injured in battle, wakes to find not only his beloved wife missing but all memory of her apparently erased. (‘Chainfire’) His struggle to find...

The Worship of God

Revelation 1-3, despite its imagery, resembles quite a few other New Testament letters with its vision of Jesus and its warnings, exhortations and promises to the churches. Once we get past these first three chapters, however, we move into more symbolic realms where...

Seasons of the Soul (2)

Michael & Stormie Omartian’s song ‘Seasons of the Soul’ has much spiritual wisdom in it. It’s unusual for a modern song in lasting almost seven minutes, with an instrumental introduction lasting 2 minutes 10 seconds.Maybe even the format of the song teaches us the...