Farmer, pastor, theologian Clarence Jordan, author of the Cotton Patch New Testament ----------------------------------- From The Sermon on the Mount, by Clarence Jordan (1912-1969), pages 102-3. It is not judging,…
Isaiah 6:11a -- Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” --------------- ------------------ By Randy Alcorn, in 90 Days of God’s Goodness. For many, the most difficult problem with evil…
By John Stonestreet at www.breakpoint.org, August 9, 2016. ---------------------------------- So, have you heard this one? Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are stranded at sea on a life boat.…
Martin Luther (1483-1546) Time magazine cover, March 24, 1967 ------------------------------------- "When God wills to punish a people or a kingdom, he takes away from it the good and…
I once asked my grandfather why his grandfather left Germany in 1875 to come to America. Grandpa said that the old emigrant told him that Germany was always…
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants; Matthew 21:33-43 (...continued) Knowing what we know about renting and owning, what can we say about that? First of all…
(Jesus said), “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine-press in it and built a watchtower.…
Job 34:17-28: 17 Can someone who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One? 18 Is he not the One who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’ and to…
This meditation is the final of three from the apocryphal book of II Maccabees (See also Meditations #441 and #463). It tells the story of God's judgement upon…
From The Imitation of Christ (chapter 24) by Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) In all things look to the end. How you shall stand before the strict Judge from…