Tag: Matthew

  • Sons of Tradition

    Two thousand years ago: the setting in Judea, a leavened relic of a Roman province once known as Judah; in fact a thousand more years before, a respected United Kingdom of Israel. Yet Solomon’s kingdom was split, David’s power long lost, Moses’ Law long debated and Abraham’s history much distorted. Temples destroyed. Temples rebuilt. Religion…

    painting by James Tissot of Jesus surrounded by crowds being questioned by Pharisees
  • Days of Despair

     In Christ we have a Light of hope in a season of our dark despair. Job 30: 16 “And now my soul is poured out within me;     days of affliction have taken hold of me. 17 The night racks my bones,     and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest. Have you ever had a bad time in life like…

    Despair or hope?
  • Hate

    Paris – 13 November, 2015 It seems that hatred headlines will overwhelm the news once more. Not that it ever left our consciousness, but often hate will lose momentum in the mundane or even be displaced by love’s compassion. Desperate followers of evil men willingly sacrifice innocents by the intentional lie-driven sacrifices for the glory of their own…

    Hate