Category: Blog
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Tim Keller – The diet coke and the business card
It has been over a week since Rev. Tim Keller passed away. I have been moved by the tributes from many people across the Church of Christ, from different backgrounds and denominations, and the secular press.As with many, I joined with those who prayed for him and his family, and I am still praying for…
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Reached my ears!
“At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women,…
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Reason to encounter
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.”(John 1:1–3 NIV11-GKE) These are the first four verses of the Gospel of John, and many ideas…
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Torture
“And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they were…
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Dark Hour
“And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?” And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” And Pilate said to them, “Why, What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released…