“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak …” – Habakkuk 2:3 The Power of Vision In his memoirs, Gregory Bateson, Dean of New College, Cambridge, U.K., wrote about the “Great Hall Dilmena.” New College which is part of Oxford University was started in the year 1379, and…
Matthew 5:13 (NASB) “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.” The greatest sermon ever spoken was the Sermon on the Mount (Mt.5-7), where…
John 7:1-5 1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the…
“CREDO UT INTELLIGAM” – FAITH VS INTELLECTUAL REASON In philosophy, there is often discussion concerning the differences between faith and intellectual reason, and some writers have produced a form of rationalism that brings an indictment on Christianity and believers in Christ. The words of the philosopher Rene Descartes penned in 1637, “Cogito Ergo Sum,” …
“In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus, concerning you.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NKJV) My wife tells me that I say “thank you” too much, and that it can sound insincere if I say it too often. I confess, I’m guilty! But I really do want to be…
