Mercy Mercy

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: As his executioners were nailing his hands to the crossbeam, Jesus said: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” For those with questions about forgiveness and mercy in the absence of repentance, the big answers are, of course, found in prayer. … Read more

Spiritual Growth

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: While attention to detail is a good thing, every nurseryman will tell you, rot is often the result of over-feeding or over-watering. Now it may be useful to dwell on this particular axiom for a moment because it lends itself well to the case … Read more

A Testimony

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: One of the things those called to ministry do is an exercise called The River of Life. In it we are asked: “If you were able to compare your life with a river, what would the river look like?” The exploration became even more meaningful … Read more

The Most Profitable Study

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: The concept of God as a Father did not originate with Jesus, Even so, any effort to study his life and teachings will reveal that he exalted and elevated the idea while advancing a more meaningful revelation of God and by proclaiming that every … Read more

Wings Are a Little Thin

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: While binge watching a TV series called Numbers, I was enjoying the sibling rivalry of the two brothers that are the main characters. One is a mathematics professor and the other is a kind of swashbuckling FBI agent. As the swashbuckler enters the professor’s … Read more

Liberty T/F

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: I remember watching cartoons during my early childhood. One character in particular made a lasting impression on me due to the confused look he had on his face as an angel was whispering in one ear and the devil was whispering in the other. … Read more

A Ministry of Mercy

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: Our mind endowing, Spirit bestowing and personality bequeathing God is always aware of our limitations as well as our potential. We are judged fairly in light of our origin, nature and purpose. And, because mercy is inherent in Divine justice, we can always be … Read more

What the . . .

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: Ask any number of Christians why Jesus came to earth and you are likely to receive an equal number of different answers. While one camp will advance the statement “To die for our sins,” others will quote the Gospel according to John and the … Read more

Parable of the Sower – The Harvest

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: To the earliest hunters and gatherers, the struggle for survival was often a lonely experience. The mind was occupied with fetishes, charms, and magic in an effort to better the odds in the attempt to insure good luck over bad luck. The agrarian societies … Read more

Parable of the Sower – The Soil

Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word choreographed an assembly of amino acids into an exquisite array of specific proteins. Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit … Read more