Tag: confession
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Lost sheep – a definition
Psalm 119:176 “I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.“ At first blush, as we read the verse above, it seems like such a strange way to end this largest chapter in all the Bible. In Psalm 119, every single one of its 176 verses speaks about…
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Saying “Amen”
John 17:1 “Father, the hour has come.” What is prayer? A simple definition would be “talking to God.” But what does one talk about – to God? To hear most prayers, we would think that prayer is a matter of asking God for things – certain favors, or help of some kind – perhaps for…
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Unclean! Unclean!
Leviticus 13:12-13 “ And if the leprous disease breaks out in the skin, so that the leprous disease covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see, then the priest shall look, and if the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce…