Every nation and people group has its holidays, usually celebrating a significant event or person in the nation’s history. Among the many holidays celebrated by Jews are seven feasts – celebrations that are more important and meaningful than any other holiday in any nation and of any time. What makes these seven feasts so remarkable? They are not Jewish feasts, they are God’s.
Within two weeks of Jesus’s death he had performed his greatest miracle to date: the raising of Lazarus from death. Was this miracle a foreshadowing of his power over death and the grave? Most certainly. Even so the disciples completed missed the meaning as, after Jesus’ crucifixion, each would go their own way bereaving the death of their Rabbi. We’re getting ahead of the story, however.
Now that we know what Love looks like, and how to change to become the person God wants us to be, what does it look like to live lovingly?
Before we can discover how these three characteristics of the Christian are to become a part of our lives, it is important to understand from whence they come. As we’ve discovered, these are also characteristics of God who exhibits them in perfection. To know how to practice them is to look to God’s perfect example, but to learn how to grow them into our character is another problem entirely.
Today, at sunset, Passover celebrations begin. For our Jewish readers, this is a feast lasting several days, and for our Christian readers it is a celebration of the final sacrifice for sins. None of us should forget its origin (Exodus 12)…
A friend of mine asked the other day, “What ever happened to hell?” Once upon a time churches talked about the Lake of Fire, the Torments, Hades, Sheol, Gehenna to warn people of the danger of not trusting in Jesus.
Now that we know what Mercy looks like, and how to change to become the person God wants us to be, what does it look like to live mercifully?
In this foundations series we will be discussing three primary aspects of Christian character: Justice, mercy and love. This is part three.
Today we celebrate the triumphant arrival of the Messiah, just as the crowds did for the first time nearly 2000 years ago. Unlike them, we know the whole story, crown of thorns and all.
One Monday while getting ready for work I thought I’d lost my salvation. I found it though, it was in my other pants’ pocket.
Now that we know what Justice looks like, and how to change to become the person God wants us to be, what does it look like to live justly?
In this foundations series we will be discussing three primary aspects of Christian character: Justice, mercy and love. This is part two.
