THE CROSS IN THE GARDEN ~ Lent 1#
Why do all our highest ideals inevitably disappoint us? It happened to God first. Genesis 3 vividly describes the ‘fall of humanity’.
Why do all our highest ideals inevitably disappoint us? It happened to God first. Genesis 3 vividly describes the ‘fall of humanity’.
God's intentions are to eliminate yesterday and create a promised land superior to both Eden and Canaan. This is a vision of breathtaking scope.
Destiny forces all men to face a future that can never be known until it is met. Tomorrow is as insecure as yesterday is now past.
The face that a child wears is their own face.
How would you sum-up this year now past? An ending invites an assessment, a steady gaze over the shoulder.
Predictions and Old Testament prophecies echo, these are most familiar to the throng. Jesus parades before His people. A great crowd gathers for it is the Passover Feast.
What do you want to achieve? Greater riches? Cheaper chicken? A happier life, a longer life? Is it power over your neighbors that you are after? Are you running away…
'Hide & Seek' is a timeless child's play. Each new generation re-creates this game with shouted small variations of coming ready or not.
There exists a school of thought that accepts God has retired. It is Deism. He was at first a cosmic clock-maker, created the world and wound it up.
Non-conformist Mark Twain was correct. Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities - truth isn't.