Tag: the Creator
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Fear and its Types
Mark 4:35-41 “That day, at evening, Jesus said to his followers, ‘Come with me across the lake.’ So they left the crowd behind and went with Jesus in the boat he was already in. There were also other boats that went with them. A very bad wind came up on the lake. The waves were coming over…
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Wonderful
Isaiah 9:6 “. . . his name shall be called Wonderful . . .” Have you ever seen photos of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Perhaps you’ve had the opportunity to see it in person. What about Mount Rushmore, or Michelangelo’s statue of David? When you see such things, what do you think about? …
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Some Lessons from Living Things
Matthew 6:26-28 “Look at the birds of the air . . . Consider the lilies of the field” I love “the study of life,” which is the definition of “biology.” That’s why I committed myself to the study of this topic and why I chose a career as a fisheries biologist for the Pennsylvania Fish…
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The Carpenter
Mark 6:3 “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon?” I heard a very interesting teaching by Dr. Warren Wiersbe on the passage above the other day. It centered around the issue of why God in His sovereignty determined that Jesus would be a carpenter during…
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Looking for help
Psalm 121:1-2 “I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.” One of the things the Bible tells us is that we are to “always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason…