27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him (Lazarus) to my father's house— 28 for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’” Luke 16: 27-31 ESV This is a parable; parables are often described as “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning” I have no problem believing this story from our Lord is based on historical reality. Jesus uses a person’s name here. Lazarus- meaning God is my help. Two men from the opposite end of the financial and social spectrum have died. One is in a place of safety and rest and peace, the other is in ...
In Memory of a Man who was after God's own heart. As a younger minister my heart warmed to His preaching, (From recorded sermons) the soaring diction, the impassioned eloquent proclamation of truth, through a life consumed by Christ! As a middle aged Pastor now, the memory of this incomparable Preacher continues to inspire! I am so looking forward to meeting Dr. Marshall in heaven! Few people in my life's journey have touched me as deeply as the late Peter Marshall. Here is just a sample of his profound way of turning a phrase... • A different world cannot be built by indifferent people. • Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. • God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty. • If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come t...
Back in 1963 singer, Andy Williams recorded "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the year" Is it? Not this year, certainly not this year! We have and are dealing with seclusion, masked faces, closed restaurants, and more importantly empty chairs at dinner tables all because of covid 19. Certainly, the people who used to eagerly sing along with that now Christmas classic are more reticent. For Americans, this year has been the hardest of recent memory. The oldest among us can reach back to World War 2 or further still to the Depression for comparisons. News then traveled slowly, news now screams at us from multiple screes and we long for quiet and hope. In the Risen Lord Jesus Christ, we have both! He alone can quiet anxious hearts to sufficiently put one step in front of the other. And He personifies Hope, if you want to know what Hope looks like, look at Him! In the book of Acts 17:28, Dr. Luke the traveling physician of the Apostle Paul states this about our Lord: ...
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