Buh-bye, January!
Month: January 2021
Someone You Should Know:
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher and teacher. His teachings, melding evolution and theology, caused consternation and concern in the Catholic Church, leading some to ban his works. However, he was quoted in the sermon of the Most Reverend Michael Curry, Presiding…
Perhaps
God already knows what we’re made of, but perhaps He wants us to learn what we’re made of. I think we would all agree that we learn more from our tough times than from our easy times. John Bytheway Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Brian Tracy Perhaps…
“For Such a Time”
If you keep quiet at a time like this, God will deliver the Jews from some other source, but you and your relatives will die; what’s more, who can say but that God has brought you into the palace for just such a time as this?”Esther 4:14 Living Bible For Such A Time As This…
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Ordinary
Ordinary: “of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional; not special in any way” The council members were astonished as they witnessed the bold courage of Peter and John, especially when they discovered that they were just ordinary men who had never had religious training. Then they began to understand the effect Jesus had on them simply by spending…
Snow Business?
“Do the Next Thing”
Years ago, Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) popularized an old poem—the commonsense simplicity and clarity of which have encouraged many anxious and weary saints. From an old English parsonage down by the seaThere came in the twilight a message to me;Its quaint Saxon legend, deeply engraven,Hath, it seems to me, teaching from Heaven.And on through the doors the…
Someone You Should Know… Elisabeth Elliot
Missionary, author and speaker Elisabeth Elliot was born on December 27, 1926, in Brussels, Belgium, where her parents served as missionaries. Before she was a year old they moved to America. A true pioneer in the world of Christianity, Elisabeth went to Wheaton College and studied Greek, because she desired to translate the Bible for…
… and His Glory
What is the glory of God? It is who God is. It is the essence of His nature; the weight of His importance; the radiance of His splendor; the demonstration of His power; the atmosphere of His presence. Rick Warren Isaiah records the Heavenly Throne room’s antiphonal praise: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, …