Scattered On A Saturday

Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’” Matthew 26:31 “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through […]

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Love On A Friday

O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown; O sacred Head, what glory, what bliss till now was Thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call Thee mine. What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners’ gain; Mine, mine was […]

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Examples On A Thursday

The night before He died on the cross, as Jesus spent time talking with His disciples (John 13–16), there were two commands He gave them on their relations with each other—only two—but each is significant. He began by washing their feet—an act that was the work of a slave. So when He had washed their […]

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His Everlasting Lovingkindness

Pursue love… 1 Corinthians 14:1 With those two words Alexander Strauch opens his book, Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4, and begins by discussing the problem of lost love. He focuses on this verse in Revelation because: “It addresses the issue of love, particularly the problem of love that has […]

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Trusting God’s Love In The Darkness

Pursue love… 1 Corinthians 14:1 With those two words Alexander Strauch opens his book, Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4, and begins by discussing the problem of lost love. He focuses on this verse in Revelation because: “It addresses the issue of love, particularly the problem of love that has […]

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“The Love That Will Not Let Go”

In the chapter “Study Love,” from Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4. Alexander Strauch writes: “If you want to pursue love, you must read and study what God says about love in his written Word. You will then grow in the knowledge of love and in the knowledge of God […]

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The Great Commandment

In the chapter “Study Love,” from Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4.  Alexander Strauch writes: “If you want to pursue love, you must read and study what God says about love in his written Word. You will then grow in the knowledge of love and in the knowledge of God […]

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Lament and Lullaby

Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. It’s also the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973. The Coventry Carol is both lullaby and lament, sung by the women of Bethlehem to their children before an enraged Herod had […]

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“Love Your Neighbor As Yourself”

In the chapter “Study Love,” from Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4.  Alexander Strauch writes: “If you want to pursue love, you must read and study what God says about love in his written Word. You will then grow in the knowledge of love and in the knowledge of God […]

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