When the threshing and winnowing are done at the end of the age, where will you find yourself? Will you be among the wheat gathered into his barn? Or among the chaff, burning in the unquenchable fire?
Jesus’ Example
In the Catholic Church, today is set aside as the "Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ." On this day, readings and sermons remind us of that important event in Jesus' life. He travels to the River Jordan, where his cousin, John the Baptist, has been doing the work of preparing the way … Continue reading Jesus’ Example
Jesus ‘Lost Years’ far from a teenage wasteland
Approximately 2,000 years ago today, Jesus Christ was alive and walking the earth - and he was becoming a teenager! Wrap your mind around that one.What must life have been like for, and with, a teenage Jesus? The last thing that we know for sure about him is just before this period, and comes from … Continue reading Jesus ‘Lost Years’ far from a teenage wasteland
Heed the call
Jesus Christ was approximately 30 years old, and he was ready to step from the shadows of a life which to that stage had been lived in relative anonymity.He had learned of the fate of his cousin, John 'the Baptist', and decided that it was time for he himself to begin a public ministry. It was what … Continue reading Heed the call
After the fire, the fire still burns
John the Baptist began to spread the new way with a fiery oratory style and a radical message that inspired the masses and threatened the establishment. So the powers-that-be chopped off his head and extinguished his fire. Or so they thought. Little did they know that Jesus Christ was there to pick up the torch. … Continue reading After the fire, the fire still burns
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