“Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death–that is, the Devil–and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death” (Hebrews 2:14-15). Certainly, the above verses…
Tag: Christianity
Conversations with God
In other posts, I’ve talked about my conversion, talking myself out of my conversion, investigating eastern religions, and finally returning to Christianity. Soon after deciding to re-investigate Christianity, I ran into one of Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW’s) and got entangled with them for six months. I will spare you a long description of that little foray. One…
Knowing the Satisfied God–Rabon Byrd
Knowing the Satisfied God–Rabon Byrd A few months back, one of my Facebook friends posted a quote that caught my attention. The quote was from a book he had written, and he was meditating on it. I asked for a copy of the book and a pdf version of Knowing the Satisfied God appeared in my…
God Is Peace
Gentle soundless seeksinkless dea(p)th touching pain at every inside outside soothed surrounded floating cell self sealed beneath untrapped enwombed free child of soft vast rolling placentasm heavenly emptied pure safe purged far far away from obscene screaming concrete necessities. Gratefully I am totally blissfully eternally lost at the bottom of the ocean.
The Pithy George MacDonald
“Life and religion are one or neither is anything.” –George MacDonald
Jesus Done Got Hitched
Comic by Chan Lowe So maybe you heard: Some scholar says Jesus may have had a wife. I won’t bore you by rehashing a debate that amounts to nothing. You can read about it yourself if you want. Big, fat zero or not, I felt annoyed when I first read about it. Once again, non-Christians are…
That which Flows
Sketch by Patrick Murphy: http://inspiredsketch.blogspot.com/ That which flows forever from the extremities and from the guts of the wounded cosmos sustains That which flows forever from the memory and from the friction of the nail against the flesh of love remains That which flowed with the anguished cries and with the salty sweat of a man…
The Hands of the Father–George MacDonald
What follows is an excerpt from George MacDonald’s Unspoken Sermons The Hands of the Father “Father, into thy hand I commend my spirit.”—St Luke xxiii. 46. Neither St Matthew nor St Mark tells us of any words uttered by our Lord after the Eloi. They both, along with St Luke, tell us of a cry with a…
Lord of the Dead and of the Living
Picture by Patrick Murphy Death and resurrection cannot be separated. This is so obvious it seems like a platitude. Often our words and thoughts divide these into separate categories. For the sake of clarity it’s sometimes helpful to consider them separately. But it’s disastrous in real life. Perhaps we are too used to treating death…
See Ya Later, Alligator
It’s been awhile since I’ve taken a blogging break so I’m going to do just that. I’ll be back in a week. I’m going to use the time to work on a new booklet. The booklet draws together material the Lord showed me in 1 Samuel. I would appreciate your prayers as I try to…
The Voice of One 