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Recently, in Jerusalem, a special ceremony was held commemorating the discovery and excavation of the original “pilgrimage road” from 2,000 years ago. This road is a series of steps that begin at the ancient Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount. The Pool of Siloam was a large pool where men would wash to(…)
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That is the question that came to my mind when Debbie and I visited there on a group tour in 2000. We had an opportunity to stay in Cairo and then travel south. We stayed at a hotel on the Nile. To my surprise, instead of the murky waters of the Nile in Cairo, the(…)
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Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it…even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God. Ezekiel 14:13,14 (ESV) Background In Ezekiel 14, the Lord is pronouncing four judgments on Jerusalem(…)
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“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.“You shall have no other gods beforeme. Exodus 20:2-3 (ESV) “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matt. 6:10 (ESV) There is an interesting(…)
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From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised. Psa. 113:3 NIV          I thought of this verse that reveals the Lord’s praise across the nations last Sunday during our worship service. My pastor referred to how worship was taking place that was(…)
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As I read through scripture, I notice the recurring wording following an action of the Lord or His servants. It is often worded as “In order to,” “In order that,” or “So that.” This time around, I am reading the Good News Translation. In this Bible version, those phrases occur twenty-one times in the(…)
