Caiphas, The Accidental Prophet

Providence Is an Invisible Hand “He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation.”  (John 11: 51, NIV) Even after seeing the miracle of Lazarus restored to life, the high priest Caiaphas refused to...

Unshakeable

As Solid As The Rock of Ages “In the Lord I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain. For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.  When the...

Spring Time and Gardens

“Like the Garden of the Lord”  Isaiah 51:3  “When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.” (John 18:1 ESV) Well,  spring officially begins on March...

Like A Nail In a Sure Place

Assurance   “The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one shall open. I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s...

Pleasing The Lord

How to Please the Lord “So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.” (2 Corinthians 5:9) In this verse, Paul tells us that his main ambition in life, was to be “pleasing to” (“accepted of”) the Lord Jesus...

This World is Growing Old

“Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”  Acts 2:2 When the asteroid known as 2012 DA14 zoomed within 17,200 miles of our planet on Friday, it marked the closest approach by a massive space rock in more than a century. In...