The Celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. E = Emptiness – At the creation of the world, the earth was void and empty of God’s fullness. A cataclysmic event rendered it formless, but God brought order through light. This was the first day – Sunday. God finalized His creation through redemption at the dawn of […]
Archives: Teachings
A Place of Beginnings
In some sense or time we are at a place of beginnings. In the beginning God created the world in Genesis 1: 1-3. The beginning would mean the creation of heaven and earth. It can’t mean heaven, the throne of God, as God has no beginning. He always was. The Hebrew word “create” means to […]
Comfort Through The Wind and Word
In return from captivity, there is an important message to exiles from the One who never forsook. Comfort, comfort – is a double message, calling – in verse 1. The Hebrew word “nachamu” meaning is to “comfort, panting, to cause to breathe again.” The New Testament word means to “come to the aid of, come […]
What Set David Apart From Others?
We come to the time of the Nativity, in the town of Bethlehem, the city of David where David had a HEART for God, a HEIGHT of power, and a HOLD of the people. Let’s check his resume – from 1 Samuel 16: 18. Name is from “dod”, or beloved. David is the son of […]
Three-fold Gift to Jesus
I was reading about some of the more odd Christmas presents ever given: One was a relative who gave a 12 year old boy an empty shot glass. My question- Was he going to fill it each subsequent year? There was a father giving a son a flashlight and tire gauge; one was a relative […]
The Manger – Chew On This
Think of Misty and Jeremy’s new baby. Just because his name is Noah, doesn’t mean Noah would float, if they would have laid him in a fish tank. Would you take your precious newborn baby and put him/her to rest in a cat dish or dog dish? No, not unless you had absolutely no other […]
Joseph, The Carpenter
A quiet, unassuming part of the Nativity scene is foundational to the framing of this picture. Without this individual, there would be no family inside the frame. I’m referring to Joseph, the carpenter. Matthew is the gospel narrative that deals with the Messianic position of Christ, hence the physical chronology would be imperative. It is […]
A Knife Brings Life
Introduction: In Caracas, Venezuela earlier this year, a 33 year old man was declared dead from a highway accident. When he was taken to the morgue, the medical examiners started the autopsy, cutting in the face – the probable point of fatal injury. When the incision took place, the doctors noticed blood coming from the […]
Women With Issues
I was reading a story. Matthew 9:18-22, where Jesus is passing by and on his way to a synagogue official’s house, when He is in the crowd and the woman with the issue of blood for 12 years touches Him. Remember that in the Jewish life, a woman bleeding (it generally means her monthly) has […]
Doctrine of the Trinity
Definition: The Triune God (tri=three) is composed of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three are individual persons, yet in union and purpose they are one. Status: The Father, Son and Holy Ghost are all equal in the Godhead. They have different functions, yet they remain equal. Functions: The […]