Isaiah 58: 1-9; Matthew 5: 13,14 The properties of salt Dear friends, We are talking about salt today, what the properties and characteristics of salt are and about how Christians are supposed to be “salt” to the world. … Read More
Micah: 6: 1, 6, 8; Matthew 5: 3-7, 10, 11,12 Roughly a billion and a half people celebrate the Lunar New year this weekend. Envelopes of lucky money are being passed around. Family members are on their best… Read More
Matthew 3: 16,17 ; Acts 10: 34-38, 47,48 Shattering the pecking order We all live with pecking orders in our lives. The idea of “favorite” is something no culture has been able to get rid of. As much… Read More
Genesis 1: 1-3; John 1: 10-18 Incarnation We have talked about the first three verses about the Bible and the first chapter of the Gospel of John. We saw that while Matthew, Mark and Luke in their Gospels… Read More
Isaiah 63:7-9; Mathew 2:12-15 We do not hear about the Coptic Christians of Egypt very much in this country. We think of Egypt as Muslim and Islam is the religion of the majority. But Egypt had one of… Read More
Isaiah 7: 13,14,15; Luke 2: 1, 3-7 Scarcity In the summer of 1980 I was working as a fulltime youth director at a church in one of the wealthiest part of the Silicon Valley. I had an advanced… Read More
Posted: March 13, 2014 by Aart
Reflection February 16
Deuteronomy 30: 19, 20; I Corinthians 3: 2-7 We have talked about our verses about the week. They bring us the words of Moses who says goodbye to the people of Israel as they travel on without him. … Read More