Mark 7: 24-37 During the presidency of Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, the prime minister of Israel, visited the president at the White House. They were talking in the Oval Office when Begin noticed the three phones on Carter’s desk. One was platinum, one was red, and one was gold. Begin joked, “What are those phones…
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Have You Washed Your Hands?
“A pastor’s small son was told by his mother that he should WASH HIS HANDS because there were germs living in all that dirt. He refused and complained, ‘Germs and Jesus! Germs and Jesus! That’s all I ever hear around here, and I’ve haven’t seen either one!'”
They Begged Him
Mark 7: 24-37 I love the miracles in the gospels! I love hearing them. I love reading them. I love taking stabs at teaching and preaching them. I even love hearing someone explaining away the supernatural elements and translating them into metaphorical fairy tales. But the miraculous in the gospels don’t just straighten people out….
Perception, Part 1
A few days ago, I read of King David perceiving, finally, who he really was. God had already spoken to him of what his destiny was to be, and his circumstances had already dramatically shifted to his favor. Regardless, his own understanding of who he was, his perception being enlightened of his true reality was…
Psalm 102 in The Message 