Today is Good Friday.  It is the day commonly celebrated by Christians as the day Jesus was crucified.
I remember reading once I John 2:1,2:
My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin.  And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
And He Himself is [...]

It has been said that the pen is mightier than the sword.  Swords are powerful.  There are large two-handed battle swords and small, but just as deadly pointed rapiers.  The large swords, which are cutting swords, can cut a man in half.  And that would be a man wearing armor–at least leather or chain mail, [...]

Today is Palm Sunday.  I almost missed it.  I don’t look at a calendar very often.
This is the day, Jesus said, that if the people didn’t praise Him the very rocks would cry out.  I’ve always wondered what the rocks would have sounded like.
It reminds me of that verse in Isaiah that the song “The [...]

I would like to share a hymn I really like but which is not well-known or sung very often.  If you want to know what it sounds like you can go here.  There are more verses to the song on that website than I include here.  Even more information can be found here.  I think [...]

I have been asked to write about the church I go to here in Bahrain.  I thought I’d mentioned it before now, but I guess I hadn’t.  Sorry about that.
Jeremy found the church on the Internet.   I don’t know what website he found it at.  So sorry I can’t point you in that direction.  [...]

I’ve been thinking about this lately.  This is something I’ve thought about off and on for a long time (thinking about stuff is one of my hobbies).  And recently Betsy’s post about patriotism has provided fodder for this thought topic as has some religious observations I’ve made since coming here and musings about the devotional [...]

The following is rather a devotional, something I learned today and would like to share with you if you will permit.
I’ve been reading through the book of Hebrews. It’s a very interesting book, and I’ve been getting a lot out of it. In chapter 11 is the “Hall of Faith” and I read [...]