I know you have seen movies and television shows where they depict angels. Sometimes they are good angels, sometimes they are bad angels. But it seems like even when they depict the "good" angels, that those angels oftentimes want to be …
When we hear the word power, many pictures and ideas may come to mind. We often associate power with authority or rulership, and we use phrases such as "the powers that be" and "power corrupts." This meaning of the word power invokes …
Patrick Mabilog begins his January 28, 2016, article in Christian Today, "How to overcome doubt and trust God more" with: "It's often common amongst people to believe that doubt is healthy and a good way to protect the self. However, the …

(1) God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, (2) has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; (3) who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, (4) having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
This opening paragraph broaches the core of the entire epistle. The remarkable amount of material here is reminiscent of what is written in John 21:25: “And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were …
As the Feast of Tabernacles approaches, our to-do lists grow longer and longer. For me, as a landscaper with the seasons about to change, many things begin to happen all at once. The Feast becomes a deadline for getting crucial things done before having to take off for eight days or more. My clients’ grass must be cut and trimmed, hard surfaces blown off, weeds sprayed—regular maintenance jobs continue. But every year, before the Feast arrives, my goal is to have most, if not all, of the shrubs on the properties we maintain trimmed and ready to go dormant until next spring. I also try to …
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