The way I see Jesus has not changed much at all since I was a child, but my imprisonment and all that followed made me love Him even more. His being the Son of God makes sense to me, because I believe God to be loving, just, forgiving, and merciful. ...
When I look at the clues that indicate the nature of Jesus – born in a barn, questionable parents, spotty ancestry, common name, misdirected announcement, unattractive looks, reared in a bad neighborhood, owning nothing, surrounding himself with un...
I want to go much further than that. I want to point out that when Jesus spoke, whether it be of blessing or wealth or prosperity or what-have-you, He was rarely speaking of what is physical, what is tangible, what is seen. I don’t think Jesus was ...
This is an extremely difficult matter for modern readers of the gospels to grasp, but Luke never meant for his story about Jesus's birth at Bethlehem to be understood as historical fact. Luke would have had no idea what we in the modern world even me...
Mary remained weeping for her friend Jesus who had been all the world to her, and whose death ad meant the loss of that world. With great courage to be alone, and great courage to love despite devastating loss, she struggled to carry on, hoping to fi...
Saul: You see, you don't know how much people need God. You don't know how happy He can make them. He can make them happy to do anything. Make them happy to die, and they'll die, all for the sake of Christ. Jesus Christ. Jesus of Nazareth. The Son of...
[Christ passes, bearing the cross] Esther: How can this be? Judah Ben-Hur: [shocked] I *know* this man! [Jesus stumbles and is whipped by the centurions] Miriam: [pleading] Won't someone help him? [Jesus is whipped again] Tirzah: Pity on him! Miriam:...
Sleep is an under-ocean dipped into each night.
Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
The Lord is a great God. The Lord is a great King.
Do as many gigs as the good Lord sends. That's the only true training.
Gandalf: The board is set... the pieces are moving
Gandalf: So passes Denethor, son of Ecthelion.
Gandalf: You shall not pass!
Aragorn: Boromir! Give the Ring to Frodo.
Saruman: [to Gandalf] Against the power of Mordor there can be no victory.
Gollum: [to Sam] Stupid, fat hobbit.
Gollum: [to Frodo] Don't follow the lights.
Gollum: [to Frodo] It was tricksy, precious. Very tricksy.
I love, love, love fantasy, like 'Lord of the Rings' and things like that.
God desires to be Lord over you. Not Lord around your schedule. Until you learn to schedule your life around Him you will never know Him. The Lord is inviting His last day children to rediscover the joy of His presence.
