Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, wrote this about the Psalms in the 4th century; “To me it seems that the Psalms are to him who sings them as a mirror, wherein he may see himself and the motions of his soul and with like feelings utter them. So also one who hears a psalm read, takes…
The author of James is James, the half-brother of Jesus and brother of Jude, not James the Apostle. From Acts 15 we can see that James had become an influential and well-respected leader of the Jerusalem church. He was the oldest of Mary’s other children and had to deal with the problems Jesus caused the family. Scripture says His siblings did not…
Earlier this week while enjoying my first cup of coffee, as usual, I was listening to Dr. Erwin Lutzer. He has a 15 min. study every weekday morning and this series was about worship. He talked about corporate “worthship” and how important a place the Temple worship played in the lives of the children of Israel. We know from reading Acts and…
It would not be wrong to say that for the last 9 months a good deal of my time has been spent trying to understand “trials and testings” as they pertain to me and my relationship with God. To put it simply. “What does He want from me? It would also not be wrong to say that for the last 9 months…