“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:18-19 Like Hitchhiker and Flying Scotsman, Godzilla know context too! This scripture has 42, […]

And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering […]

But as he (Joseph) considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his […]

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—” Deuteronomy 18:15 In context, YaHWeH had promised another would replace Moses when the Hebrew people enter into the promised land, and Moses passes this information on. The man who would replace him […]

I was walking the Monster Behind the Door last Friday when it hit me like a ton of bricks. The temperature was 37 degrees, and the wind was blowing, which means it felt much colder. MBD and I were not walking with great vigor that morning, and I said to him, “Well dog, I guess […]

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. John 6:35 One of those wonderfully unique characteristics of John’s Gospel are the seven “I am” statements. Today we get one of those, and it transports us back to Mount […]