Crucifixion of Christ, Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) ---------------------------- As we approach Holy Week, I am posting this meditation on the crucifixion from: www.dwellingintheword.wordpress.com ---------------------------------------------------- 26 As they led (Jesus) away, they seized…
------------- (...continued) But once again, Jesus was not on the same page. Only Peter, James, and John would see the Transfiguration, and they, only briefly. There would be…
Transfiguration, 1560, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) c. 1488-1576 ------------------- Maggie and Beth were roommates and good friends through all four years of college. Both majored in business management, and…
An old Catholic archbishop was giving his Good Friday sermon to a large crowd in his inner-city cathedral. He told a story of three boys who long ago…
Lew Wallace (1827-1905) ----------- From the book 100 Bible Verses That Changed the World, by William and Randy Peterson, 2001, pages 141-142 (adapted). By the time he…
Christ in the Temple at Twelve, Heinrich Hofmann (1824-1911) ----------- By David Mathis, posted December 21, 2016 at www.desiringGod.org --------------------------- It is striking how little we know about…
The four Gospels all tell the story of the life of Jesus, but none of them begin with his birth. The Gospel of Mark begins with the preaching of…
This is the testimony of a Chinese Christian (quoted by Rick Warren in yesterday's Daily Hope Blog): "I walked through the road of life and had fallen into…
French tending to their wounded in the trenches of WWI ------------------------------ Henri Barbusse (1873-1935) was a French novelist. At the outbreak of the first World War in 1914,…
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) ------------------------------ From Conversations with General Bertrand at St. Helena, published 1861. This was published 40 years after Napoleon's death by the sons of General Bertrand. There is…