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  • Will the Judge of the Universe Not Do What Is Right?

    Will the Judge of the Universe Not Do What Is Right?

    This is not a Biblical quote, as near as I can tell; yet it is from the Lord.

    Do you trust the Lord God to do what is right?

    Jesus Christ IS and will judge what is right and what it wrong.

    John 5: ESV

    24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

    25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

    27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

    Witnesses to Jesus

    30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31 If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true.

     Will the Judge of the Universe Not Do What Is Right?

    Trust in our Lord Christ Jesus with all of your heart.

     

  • A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 5

    A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 5

    [In case you are joining our serial short story about grief a little late, here is a link to the beginning.]

    “Do you see all those stars,” the little girl asked? “There are more of them in heaven than sand on the beach. Know how I know?”

    I nodded that I didn’t and her dad looked our way in interest (for he too had been silent all along).

    The little girl continued: “God told Abraham,

    You’ll have more kids than the sand on the beach or the stars in the sky.” [Gen.22:17]

    “Well, that was a long time ago and there’s lots more stars in heaven now.”

    I smiled and nodded confirmation of the little girl’s encouragement.

    I was thinking about the lifeless fluid-filled corpse in the casket. It wasn’t very encouraging. The scene was as frightening to me, truth-be-told, as the wax-carved bodies at Ripley’s.

    Another image quickly came to mind. If zombies could be real as dancers in a music video, then the next room would be as fearsome as death.

    I glanced ever-so-briefly toward the adjacent doors, through which I had fled into this vestibule.

    As I looked back to the girl and her picture I asked, “Why is that star so much brighter?”

    (I had not considered the impact of her matter-of-fact answer.)

    “THAT one’s my Mommy.”

  • The Five Books of Moses – by Suzanne E. Lier

    The Five Books of Moses – by Suzanne E. Lier

    Journey Through the Old Testament. The Five Books of Moses. A Family Storybook with Masterpieces of Art

    by Suzanne E. Lier

     Christian Non-Fiction review by: MaryAnn Koopmann

    It is richly illustrated with art and is geared towards families, parents, and children. In addition, it can be of great help to all those who want to get a closer understanding of biblical writings and are looking for an intelligible, easy-to-read introduction along with a selection of core biblical texts.

    We should not deprive our children of this hope. If we read these stories with them, we can awaken their longing for God. We may perhaps also arouse their curiosity. And touch their heart and move their mind with pictures from two thousand years of art. Thus igniting a life-long journey in search of God.

    For MORE this review of MaryAnn and reviews of many other books, please visit her blog: maryannkoopmannreviews.