wisdom

My brothers and sisters, think of the various tests you encounter as occasions for joy. After all, you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let this endurance complete its work so that you may be fully mature, complete, and lacking in nothing. But anyone who needs wisdom should ask God, whose very nature is toContinue reading “wisdom”

The Crucifixion

27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole cohort around him. 28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him andContinue reading “The Crucifixion”

Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel

Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me. (Psalm 66:20, NRSV) Have you ever been rejected? Have people ever turned their backs on you? This is something we do not need to worry about God doing to us. He will always listen to us when weContinue reading “Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel”