The Shroud of Turin is revered as the burial garment of Jesus Christ by many Christians today and has been in the past throughout the ages. However, I had never heard much about it until about 6 years ago. The Eastern Orthodox church has a church calendar which notes and Read more…
Flowers can be awe-inspiring. And with good reason. As we contemplate the majesty and beauty of a flower, we should let our minds consider the awesomeness of the creator God who gave us these wonders. I love flowers! They have such beauty and variety. Nature is full of beauty, surprises, Read more…
I have always been fascinated with the book of Job in the Bible, maybe because it is so old. Many scholars think it is one of the oldest books in the Bible. Job lived in very early times, possibly even before Abraham who lived around 2000 BC (Before Christ). The Read more…
I like history, although I don’t remember liking it when I was in school. But since then my interest has been stimulated lots of times as I wonder what people did 3000 years ago, or 2000 years ago at the time of Christ, or just several hundred years ago Read more…
The Old Testament came alive to me when I realized that the Old Testament prophecies are revealed by the New Testament. Matthew especially points out specific Old Testament prophecies and how they are fulfilled by Christ. The book of Psalms is a collection of poems used as a hymnbook for Read more…
We sometimes downplay the seriousness of sin. “Oh, I should not have done it. It was wrong, but it is not a big deal.” “Everyone does it.” Imagine an Israelite in Bible times who has sinned and brings a sheep to the priest for a sin offering. He lays his Read more…
Chess is a complex game. Imagine playing on a series of chess boards where one move affects each chess board in the series. Now imagine controlling tens of millions of chess boards linked together. This is the picture Bishop Robert Barron gives us of our God. In a recent Read more…
The first mention of the gospel was directed to Adam and Eve. After the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, God said to Adam and Eve, “I will put enmity between you (serpent) and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring: he shall bruise Read more…
Symbols! We are fascinated by symbols. What do they mean? Where did they originate? Look at this statue of Lady Justice which someone gave my husband. It makes sense that she would be holding a scales. But why is she stepping on the head of a snake? We find many Read more…
The mystery religions included an initiation process in which the initiates were taught a variety of moral truths, along with each particular groups supposed insights into life and death. The Mithraic mysteries which centered on the god Mithras was found in the Roman empire from the first century until the Read more…