With Christmas coming quick, I wanted to share the Christmas story as it is beautifully told in the Meditationes Vitae Christi. If you don't know what the MVC is, or you aren't aware of my research with a newly discovered MVC manuscript at Southern Illinois University, go back and read about it some time. For now, just enjoy the…
The Lord has blessed me with the opportunity to learn ancient Greek and to use that knowledge for him. The other day, as I was reading the story of Jesus' resurrection from my Greek New Testament, God allowed me to see something powerful in his word; something I had never noticed before. The last chapter…
Credit where credit is due: not all of the thoughts in this post are my own. Special thanks to my friend Josh R. The inspiration for this post came as a result of a sermon that he delivered at our local church. There came a time when Israel went to do battle with one of…
In my opinion, one of the most beautiful verses in the entire Bible is Hosea 2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and thou shalt call me no more Baali. This verse is amazing. But before we can understand it in all of its depth…
As a Christian young man, and as a minister of the gospel, I unashamedly admit that when I am married I want my wife to be a housewife. By saying this, I risk offending the sensitivities of quite a few people. When men say that they want their ladies to be stay-at-home wives, people tend…
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