Part 5 of the 12-part series “Lepers, Loons and Losers: The Outcasts of the Gospels.” Read the rest of the series here. “Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such that the Kingdom of God belongs…” And
The church is not of one mind. I expect this issue to continue to be raised until society comes to terms with it. (Bishop Elias Galvan of Seattle, speaking on March 21, 2004 after Methodist minister Rev. Karen Dammann was acquitted in a church trial
It was about year 30 or so when a man started what was going to be a huge craze in the 1990s. He was the ancestor of the TV talk show host; he gathered large crowds, walked around giving advice to people who didn’t really
Part 4 of the 12-part series “Lepers, Loons and Losers: The Outcasts of the Gospels.” Read the rest of the series here. When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. (Luke 7:13 NLT) As Luke relates the story, a great crowd followed Jesus
Read the rest of the series For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; Not of works, lest any
Part 3 of the 12-part series “Lepers, Loons and Losers: The Outcasts of the Gospels.” Read the rest of the series here. Now there was a woman who had suffered from hemorrhages for years. (Luke 8:43 NRSV) In the Jewish culture at the time of
Read the rest of the series … I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10) Jesus came to enable us to not only be reconciled to a holy, righteous, and just God, but to enable
Part 2 of the 12-part series “Lepers, Loons and Losers: The Outcasts of the Gospels.” Read the rest of the series here. A leper came to Jesus begging him, and kneeling he said to him, “If you choose, you can make me clean.” Moved with
Read the rest of the series The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to
“God said it, I believe it and THAT settles it!” Seeing that expression on a bumper sticker or church billboard always gives me a chill. What is often meant by this expression is that if it is in the Bible – I automatically believe it,