It is a picture of the church. Read Mark 6:17-20 and see the American church in the tragedy that is Herod. Here’s the passage: 17 For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her. 18 For John had been saying … More The Tragedy of Herod
Remember Zacharias? He who would sire a son in his old age with his past child-bearing-years wife. He who, with his wife, Elizabeth, had prayed for a son (Luke 1:13) but had given up on ever hearing an answer. But the year came when the aged and sonless priest from the division of Abijah, in … More When Old Men’s Dreams Come True
Sunday Afternoon Musings Zacharias, an aging and godly priest, a teacher of the law who had kept the commandments and walked in the statutes of God all his life. He is coming to the end of his active priesthood. He and Elizabeth have prayed for a child for years, but are now beyond childbearing years, and have … More Eight Days After a Nine Month Wait
Wednesday is for Prayer His cousin and probably boyhood buddy had been imprisoned. But the fact of his imprisonment did not diminish that among men born of women, he was an extraordinary man. Jesus called John the Baptist, the greatest man ever born in Matthew 11:11. But now news has come that his cousin, buddy, … More Healing for the Brokenhearted
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