Good and Better!

February 9th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Jude 5
Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

It’s good to be saved out of…

 

No Legless Faith!

February 8th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”

There is a common notion afoot these days…

 

Easy and Hard!

February 7th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Mark 9:41
For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward.

God, said George MacDonald, is easy to please, but hard to…

 

Hidden in Plain View!

February 6th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Matthew 13:34-35
All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed He said nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet:
“I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter what has been…

 

Join the Counter-Culture!

February 5th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Philemon 15-16
Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me, but how…

 

Love Sees!

February 4th, 2010 by Mark Shea

Titus 1:15
To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.

Adolf Hitler once remarked that if you repeat a big lie often enough people will believe it. …

The Second Commandment

February 3rd, 2010 by Mark Shea

“Exodus” is the Greek name for the second book of the Bible. In Hebrew, it is called the Book of Names. That’s because, like Catholic encyclicals, the Hebrew books of the Bible are titled by the opening words of the…

 

Teaching First, Polemics Dead Last!

February 3rd, 2010 by Mark Shea

2 Timothy 2:24-25
And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one, an apt teacher, forbearing, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth.

Jesus did not…

 

You Wanna Be Godlike?

February 2nd, 2010 by Mark Shea

Hebrews 5:7-10
In the days of His flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to Him who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard for His godly fear. Although He was a…

 

News Flash!

February 1st, 2010 by Mark Shea

1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.

Every Christmas and Easter, American media go on a hunt for Jesus.  During that twice-yearly bombardment of mock curiosity, major…

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