Lost In Translation

“Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity” – 1 Timothy 4:11-12 Have you seen a foreign movie with subtitles? I have, in...

WHAT DEFINES YOU?

Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”  They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are...

ON BEING HOLY

“The LORD said to Moses, ‘Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your GOD, am holy’ (Leviticus 19:1-2).” “Sam, you are the holiest one here,”  she said.  I looked perplexed as I heard...

FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS

“You intended to harm me, but GOD intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives”  (Genesis 50:20) In his classic book Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis wrote, “…the very moment you wake up each morning all your wishes and hopes for the...

PRAYING WITH RIGHT INTENTIONS

“When you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him” (Matthew 6:7-8) HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AT a social gathering and...