An Ever-Flowing Stream of Righteousness

An Ever-Flowing Stream of Righteousness

“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them. Take away from me...
The Second Coming

The Second Coming

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.” (1 Thessalonians 4:13) This week’s readings all deal with the Second Coming of the Lord in some way. The theme of course...
The Church United

The Church United

“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their...
Love as Children of God

Love as Children of God

“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet...
Love as Children of God

Psalm 43

Psalm 43 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause    against an ungodly people,from the deceitful and unjust man    deliver me!For you are the God in whom I take refuge;    why have...
The Righteousness of God

The Righteousness of God

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. (Matthew 5:6) In these days of violence and moral chaos, many people hunger and thirst for righteousness. This thirst underlies all the demonstrations and social activism, the causes...