(Excerpt from teaching/training classes, used also in pastoral counseling and prison ministry) The term advent means “coming” and during this season Christians celebrate Christ’s First Coming to Bethlehem and we expectantly wait and prepare for His Second Coming in glory. The Lord came the first time to live the life we failed to live, to die the death we deserved …
Jesus, Hurricanes, God’s Power & Peace
This was written in September and posted now because people are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey and from other personal disasters. Hurricane Harvey. Harvey was an extremely destructive Atlantic hurricane that caused catastrophic flooding in southeastern Texas and Louisiana. It dissipated September 3, 2017, but many are still recovering from its effects. Many areas received more than 40 inches of …
The Blue Marble & Hurricane Harvey
(Excerpt from teaching and training classes, used also in pastoral counseling and prison ministry) If the Lord had not been on our side…the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us, the raging waters would have swept us away….Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. (Psalm 124:1-4,8) This …
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 …