Tag: Luke

  • Scandalous Faith – a Millstone around our neck

    Lent 2023 AD + Original post date: 29 March, in the year of our Lord 2022 Today’s topic is scandal! ASH WEDNESDAY in the year of our Lord 2023, we begin with TODAY’S subject: Christians in the shoes of Jonah Lent 2023 AD + Christians in the shoes of Jonah Jesus Warns disciples A last-days…

    scandal - like pulling the stick of a trap you cannot escapte
  • 5 friends, a few mentors and family

    Paul – Barnabas and other Friends Recalling our journeys with friends How many friends have you had in this brief journey of your life? In the cover photo from my copy of “Friendship” Emerson suggests that we miss much and mostly undervalue those dear souls we briefly encounter in life. Acts of the apostles’ friends…

    In his poem Friendship Ralph Waldo Emerson speaks of the value of friends
  • a Who’s Who of Paul’s Three Missionary Journeys

    Now that we have settled the ‘Where Next?’ of Paul’s second missionary journey (after his separation from Barnabas), before we proceed further let’s take a helpful glance at the ‘Who’s Who’ of Paul’s missionary journeys. 1st Missionary Journey Antioch-Cypress Paul & Barnabas with John Mark Pamphylia-Pisidia-Syria Paul & Barnabas without John Mark A threefold cord…

    Paul's Second Missionary Journey