“Now, master, let your servant go in peace according to your word, because my eyes have seen your salvation.You prepared this salvation in the presence of all peoples.It’s a light for revelation to the Gentiles and a glory for your people Israel.” – Luke 2:29-32 I hope your Christmas is still alive. I hope the celebration of…
Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth!Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you. – Psalm 86:11 One of the best things about my faith journey at church (WFPC) is the fact that it is interactive – not just between me and God but with one-another. There are…
One writing/devotional discipline I sometimes practice is that of paraphrasing scripture and responding to what I hear from God in my own words. The result gives me the benefit of mining the message a little more deeply, and applying it to my own life. Once in a while what comes out is worth sharing. I…
“You have heard the law that says the punishment must match the injury: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say, do not resist an evil person!” “If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.” “If a soldier demands that you carry his gear…
Read more Jesus is all about retaliation (not pacifism, but activism)
They ran throughout the whole area, carrying sick people on mats to wherever they heard he was. Wherever he went—in villages, cities, or the countryside—they brought the sick out to the marketplaces. They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed. –…
Read more “And all who touched him were healed” (the new baby, writing, politics, and Jesus)
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Read more More on marriage, and Christ’s teachings around divorce
Jesus speaks truth and life and grace into our lives today...
Read more Mercy, grace, peace, encouragement (there is no other way!)
I say to you that unless your righteousness is greater than the righteousness of the legal experts and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 5:20 My Wednesday evening men’s covenant group is at the front end of what is already proving to be a fascinating study, focused on Matthew’s…
Read more our mandate as people who accept Jesus’ invitation to be salt and light
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:28 It has been another good food week here at Maul-Hall. I would have to hope so, considering the recent “budget planning” exercise I went through. Apparently…
the current crop of confirmands made their public declarations of faith
Read more “Matthew 28-ing” in Wake Forest: (making disciples, teaching, baptizing…)
