O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! Luke 13:34 Continue reading
Preaching
So ends the debate!
Matt 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Continue reading
Erased
John 8:6 – Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. Continue reading
Your closest neighbor
Ps 8:3-5 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. Continue reading
He did it first!
When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: “Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord.” Hos 1:2 Continue reading
Foot of the Cross
So when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous Man!” Luke 23:47 Continue reading
Bless Others
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rom 12:14 Continue reading
Judgment in Condemnation
Judge not, that you be not judged. Matt 7:1
I saw something different in this scripture today. Continue reading
Subdue Sharks and Sin
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Gen 1:28 Continue reading
Family and Reunions
Over the past weekend, I had a family reunion on my mother’s side. It’s called the Hook Reunion.
My great grandfather, Ed Hook, and his wife, Mary Ellen Goodwin, had nine children. Continue reading