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The Weeds Among the Wheat
The Word God Spells | July 25th 2008 by Blogie
Matthew 13: 24-30 Jer. 7: 1-11/ Ps 84: 3-6, 8, 11 . . . while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. (Matthew 13: 29-30) In God have faith and do not fear If weeds of hate among us gro read more
Hope In The Lord, Looking Beyond Our Llife On Earth To His Coming…
Jesus Is Truth | July 24th 2008 by Administrator
Jesus’ parables are so rich in spiritual content. They speak with an indirectness which is very direct! They may be parabolic in form, but they do go right to the heart of the matter in a way that is very challenging. The parable of the ‘w read more
Assen Sky Number 3 out of 5
mrsnesbitt's place | July 24th 2008 by Denise Nesbitt
View from Ferry Window, somewhere in the North Sea10pm June 29th This wasn't the sky I was looking at to begin with, this was over the other side, but when people became animated I looked to where they were pointing to discover this!The second photo read more
The Purpose of Parables
The Word God Spells | July 23rd 2008 by Blogie
Matthew 13: 10-17 Jer 2: 1-3. 7-8. 12-13 / Ps 36: 6-11 To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. (Matthew 13:11) Come Holy Spirit as I write, Guide this hand that Your Word be told; Disp read more
A message to everyone - "Be Thankful"
A learner’s diary | July 22nd 2008 by Amera
God has blessed us so many things but we humans are not thankful at all. I have learned from my own life that if you want peace of mind and happiness in your life, learn to say "Thanks" to God. During search at some personal sites, I found this web s read more
Let Go Of That Branch
Soul Meets World | July 16th 2008 by Alexys Fairfield
A guy was climbing a tree when suddenly he slipped and was hanging onto a branch. After an hour or so had passed, he felt himself getting exhausted and looked up to the heavens and cried out, "God help me, please help me." All of a sudden the clouds read more
New Way To Live
Peace Spiritual Inspiration | July 16th 2008 by Peace
“You are like salt the world,” Jesus told the disciples. They thought hard. Salt kept fish and meat from going bad. Salt made food tasty. They could guess what Jesus wanted them to be like. “Imagine a batch of salt that has los read more
The Weeds
Peace Spiritual Inspiration | July 15th 2008 by Peace
Kingdom of Heaven Many people were awaiting a Messiah who, like another David, would restore the kingdom of Israel. Jesus spoke of a kingdom but it was the ‘kingdom’ of heaven. This was neither a place nor a future event. It was a way read more
The Sower
Peace Spiritual Inspiration | July 13th 2008 by Peace
Painting of The Sower On that day, Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the lake. A great crowd of people gathered around him, so he got into a boat while the people listened to him on the shore. He taught them many things in parables sayi read more
Three poignant parables for present times
A Good Choice . . . for Ohio | July 11th 2008
Our friend, T.D., sent us and email containing these three, what I am calling, “parables.” I think they are worth reflecting upon. They ooze with truth.Parable One – Of Mad Cows & a Mad CongressIs it just me, or does anyone else find it ama read more
The Decrepit House: A Parable
Why Faith | July 3rd 2008
A parable, recorded as it came to me. A distinguished lady was walking down the road when she spied a decrepit looking house ahead. Having plenty of experience with restoring dilapidated dwellings, she knocked on the front door. At length, and with t read more
A Taoist parable calling words the “chaff of the ancients”
Niles Gibbs | June 29th 2008 by Niles Gibbs
In my last post, I started exploring the relationship between Taoist thought and the nature of human language. The topic is huge and there’s so much material to reference, but the post was already too long, so I had to cut out several juicy quo read more
Fear of misfortune can be worse than misfortune
Niles Gibbs | June 25th 2008 by Niles Gibbs
In her latest post, Day 30: The Watermaker is Dead. R.I.P., Pacific Ocean rowboat adventurer Roz Savage speaks of her strange sense of relief that her electric watermaker (that has been acting finicky for a week after a dunk underwater) has finally d read more
Review of Kenneth E. Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes
Exploring Our Matrix | June 20th 2008 by James McGrath
Review of Kenneth E. Bailey, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2008). ISBN 978-0-8308-2568-4. 443 pp.In his latest book, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, Kenneth Bailey provides furthe read more
A Short Story on Forgiveness
channelofhealing | June 15th 2008 by channelofhealing
The issue of forgiveness is a very tough one but very necessary for our Salvation in Christ Jesus, Not to be ignored to say the least, I am one who has had to forgive a lot and especially recently because I have come to realize that it read more
Jesus Was Crazy
Micah Tillman: Philosophy, Religion, Politics, Etc. | June 13th 2008 by Micah Tillman
Once upon a time, someone wrote an article called, “Jesus Wasn’t Crazy: How to Bless Those Who Curse.” In it he wrote: When you read John (e.g., 1.50-51, 6.48-58) you start to think maybe Jesus is crazy. Well, today he was reading read more
A Wall of Fear
Solar Wind | June 13th 2008 by Harold Boulette
The people of Treeland were good people. Intelligent people. They had come a long way according to the records of their history. From a small, wandering tribe five thousand years ago, to a farming community o read more
Mysteries In Scripture
Ramblings | June 4th 2008 by Peter Shepherd
There are a lot of mysteries in the Bible: What did Jesus write on the ground? What happened to Jesus in between ages 12 and 30? What in the world does the Book of Revelation actually mean?Personally, I think that if these things were truly important read more
Lessons from the Prodical Son
The Master's Table | June 1st 2008 by Clark
Luke 15:11-24 The Parable of the Prodical Son. It’s an old favorite. Beginning with chapter 10 and going all the way through 20, Luke basically recalls one parable after another. There’s a lot of good stuff in there, but this story is perhaps the read more
A Short Story
channelofhealing | May 31st 2008 by channelofhealing
An Unspoken Bible His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans and no shoes. This was literally is wardrobe for his entire four years of college. He is brilliant. Kind of esoteric and very, very bright. He became a Chr read more
The Confident Little Grasshopper
Arthur's Court | May 19th 2008 by Ryan
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Always Have Faith!
channelofhealing | May 15th 2008 by channelofhealing
When I saw this Story, I knew it had so much of me in it, I also wanted to use this story to encourage us that we should not be scared of anything in life Because our God is able to protect and keep us safe always in Jesus Mighty Name Amen. I live b read more
Is God going to exterminate the Jews as a punishment?
Blogging the New Testament! | May 15th 2008 by Daldianus
Let's look at a parable that Jesus is supposed to have said:The Parable of the TenantsMark 12:1 He then began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then h read more
Peter’s Blunder
The Word God Spells | May 14th 2008 by Blogie
Mark 8: 27-33 Jas 2: 1-9 / Ps 34: 2-7 … you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things. (Mark 8:33) How we always fail to discern That our Lord’s plans are more sublime. Why not trust that His main concern Is our Life for read more
Relocating with a 40GB Apple TV in Tow
Lo-Fi Tribe | May 11th 2008
A quick personal update: My family has been busy moving into a new place for the past four days, thus the blog silence. We are almost finished, thank God! In other personal news, I won a 40GB Apple TV loaded with all of the films created by the aweso read more
A Parable
Antique Mommy | May 5th 2008 by Antique Mommy
Weeds have taken over my lawn. If you were passing by my house, you wouldn’t notice the weeds. I keep my lawn mowed and edged and tidy, so from outward appearances everything looks fine and dandy, even nice. Sort of. But if you took the tim read more
SOW: Fish in The Sea - Si Ikan Kecil di Lautan Besar
Lone Sharing is Caring | April 20th 2008 by Johnny Lone
Fish in The Sea A small fish asked a great fish “I often hear others speak of the sea. But what exactly is it?” The great fish replied “Your environment is the sea. The sea is inside of you, and it is outside of you. You live in the read more
On Being Poor in Spirit
Christian Theology | April 17th 2008 by Neiswonger
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God. Matt. 5:3 What does it mean to be “poor in spirit”? In Matt. 13:44 Jesus tells this parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and h read more
The Man Who Sold Hot Dogs
Famous Quotes | April 6th 2008 by Bill Austin
The Man Who Sold Hot Dogs There was a man who lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs. He was hard of hearing so he had no radio. He had trouble with his eyes so he read no newspapers. But he sold good hot dogs. He put up signs on the highway read more
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