If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in …
Christ the Great Reverser
C. S. Lewis’s story The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, imagines a fictional country under the curse of an evil witch. It’s “always winter and never Christmas.” Everything is hopeless until Aslan the noble lion comes to make crooked things straight and rough ways smooth. Aslan represents Jesus, the Son of God, who came to destroy the devil’s works.1 …
Dying and Living in Christ
On the night when Christ was arrested in Gethsemane, before He was crucified in our place, Jesus withdrew from His disciples, and knelt down and prayed, ‘Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.’ Then an angel appeared from Heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, Jesus prayed …
Made Like the Returning Jesus
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him (Christ). Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when …
Vic Williams’ Home-going Message (audio)
Victor Williams Born on February 16, 1925 in England Entered into Eternal Rest on April 20, 2018 in Dallas Many class members and others had been praying for Vic Williams who died in 2018 and was promoted to glory. I was privileged to do Vic’s burial and memorial service in Dallas. Vic and Sue were valued members of our Adult …
Come and Take It Flag Reminds Me of Christ
Christ says: I give [my followers] eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one. (John 10:28-30) From “Christ is Everything to His Followers.” Used …
The Strife Is Over, the Battle Done
O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor 15:55-57) From “Christ is Everything to His Followers.” Used counseling and prison work. An Old Latin Hymn …
God Be With You
Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. (1 Cor 15:20-22) Years ago, Irish writer and scholar, C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), …
Perpetua: Hero of Faith in the Strong Savior
Excerpt from the class “Christ is Everything to His Followers.” Also used in pastoral care, counseling, and prison ministry. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me….My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those …
Columbus’ Voyage Reminds Me of Christ
(Excerpt from teaching/training classes, used also in pastoral counseling and prison ministry) I used this story at a funeral service, pointing survivors to our eternal hope guaranteed by Christ’s resurrection. Jesus says: Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; If it were not so, I would …
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