Posted in Thoughts n Stories on Nov 20th, 2009 No Comments »
They dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him; (Mark 15:17 NAS)
The Purple Heart is a U.S. Military decoration awarded to soldiers wounded in battle. It was originally designated as the Badge of Military Merit on August 7, 1782 by order of George Washington, who was [...]
Posted in Thoughts n Stories on Oct 16th, 2009 No Comments »
“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18 NAS)
When Henry Dunant, a Swiss banker traveling on business in northern Italy, witnessed the bloody aftermath of the Battle [...]
Posted in Thoughts n Stories on May 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. (Matthew 7:13-14 NAS)
We have all at one time [...]
Posted in Thoughts n Stories on Apr 10th, 2009 No Comments »
They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:11 NAS)
“What goes up must come down,” so the saying goes, but this does [...]
Posted in Thoughts n Stories on Aug 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” (John 14:6 NAS)
Many of us have seen the illustration used during evangelistic meetings of Christ or the cross as the bridge between the relationship of man and God. Few however have given [...]
Posted in Thoughts n Stories, salvation on Mar 21st, 2008 No Comments »
In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him. (Matthew 27:44 NIV)Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him. (Mark 15:32b NIV)
But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are [...]
