The Prophet Isaiah (9:2) spoke a hope-filled word about a people walking in darkness, seeing a great light (the brightness of God’s glory). That brightness has been veiled from mankind,…
Courageous Peacemaking Establishing peace, for Jesus, the Prince of Peace, would always involve struggle and opposition and rejection. Through all this, he was undeterred because he knew that peace was…
The people of God’s choosing have always been sheltered by His plan that includes a total restoration of peace. Throughout Israel’s troubled history, that restoration had been reiterated multiple times.…
From Creation all the way to the end of time, the story of God’s love faithfully and seamlessly weaves through every generation, every people, every tongue. At the end of…
Humanity has always sought peace it can never achieve. Failing the finding of peace, the quest has invariably diverted to a seeking for power, control, domination. Frustrated attempts in this…
We are God’s invited ones, His chosen ones, His beloved ones. The language of the Kingdom of Heaven is rich with the theme of relationship and friendship and loving restoration.…
In a magnanimous show of Eternal Love, Jesus came to live amongst us. He chose to die in our place. He rose from the grave to share resurrection life with…
The Old Testament Ancient Hebrew word for peace, ‘shalom,’ and the corresponding New Testament Greek word, ‘eirene,’ both convey the idea of wholeness. This wholeness is a key element which…
Our world is being dealt yet another blunt reminder of the grim reality of our fallenness – man’s inhumanity to man – which has continually replayed its depravity ever since…
Random is not a descriptor of the story of God in Scripture. From Genesis to Revelation there are continuous threads weaving a central theme. The God of Creation, our God,…
Jesus is famous or he is infamous. He cannot be innocuous. Everything about him from his birth, his lifestyle, his teachings, his Divinity, his cross, his resurrection, his Church, are…