by Thomas Ryden | Mar 23, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
By Madison Randolph Ephesians 4 & 5 Last Saturday Linda and I went to see The Shack at the theater. I spent most of the movie questioning my memory – “Was this in the book?” Unfortunately, I read the book over six years ago, and my memory is fading. The next day,...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 20, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
By Carmen Harb Exodus 14 In Exodus Chapter 14, we see that the new nation of Israel has instituted the first Passover, has escaped Egypt, and is fleeing from Pharaoh’s army through the wilderness of the Red Sea. The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 16, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
By Robert Finley John 4: 1-26 “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 13, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
By Beverly Caudell John 1-2 Did you ever turn on the TV to see a clip of a reporter talking to an eyewitness? “I understand you were here to see it firsthand. Can you tell us what happened, in your own words?” and the person being interviewed gathers their thoughts as...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 9, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
By Hank Bahr Mathew 28:16-17 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted. (Emphasis added) Did you catch that? These guys saw their Lord executed. Really...
by Thomas Ryden | Mar 6, 2017 | Lenten Blog 2017
Sorrow Upon Sorrow By Angela DiCostanzo Genesis 42-45, Philippians 1-2, Matthew 26 Writing from prison, Paul mentions a friend named Epaphroditus whose life was spared from a serious illness. Paul says he himself was spared from “sorrow upon sorrow” as if the death...
