The past two posts were about grace and mercy. Today’s blog post is about peace. What is peace? There are many Bible verses that deal with peace. One of them is 1 Tim 1:2 (KJV), which says: Unto Timothy, my own son…
Meditations on Mercy
1 Tim 1:2 (KJV) Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. Meditations on Mercy The second element in Paul’s blessing upon Timothy is mercy. Mercy and…
What Is Grace?
1 Tim 1:2 (KJV) Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. Grace, Mercy and Peace! In our fast consumption world where information assaults our senses in visual…
Your Old Self Cannot Take You (Where Your New Self Needs to Go)
Gal 2:20-21 (KJV) 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,…
Whatever Happened to Kindness (in the Church)?
Colossians 3:12-15 (KJV) Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even…
What Did Christ’s Passion Really Look Like?
I painted this picture of Jesus to show what really happened to Him. The crucifixion of Jesus has been so sanitized that I was forced to artistically weigh in on the subject. Note that Jesus’ nose is split, and His…