by afladmin | Jun 9, 2025
By: The Rev. Prof. Stephen Noll The Christian Church gives testimony that in the actual events of our existence there are words and gestures through which the Creator and Sustainer of this world has spoken and acted. Benjamin Franklin said this: “I have lived, Sir, a...
by afladmin | Jun 9, 2025
By: The Rev. Libbie Weber Here is the key to life, Life, right here in David’s psalm, Psalm 31. In earthly terms, like David I am forgotten, useless, like a broken pot – all of us, not just those we label disabled or worthless or too old. Who cares about...
by afladmin | Jun 9, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn We have no idea what to do with mystery. Of course, it has not always been so. Hear the lines above, the poetry of Psalm 71. The writer calls upon God for deliverance from the unjust and the cruel by calling the Lord’s mind to the...
by afladmin | Jun 9, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn The verse struck me as curious. How is the Lord a Father of the fatherless and a Protector of widows from His holy habitation? Rather, it sounds as if by being in His holy habitation (a likely reference to heaven) God was forfeiting...
by afladmin | Jun 9, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn I doubt David is speaking figuratively here. It has long been known (and medical science confirms this) that there is a strong link between our spiritual/psychological welfare and our physical well-being. David is certainly not alone...