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…
There are parallels between the Chinese and the Jewish culture. They have the honor of sharing the distinction for having the longest consecutively preserved cultures and histories in the world. The Chinese author Chan Kei Thong (Finding God in Ancient China) writes that China’s four millenia of history show an Read more…
There are so many things that we can know. Knowledge seems endless, especially with it right at our fingertips via google. But there are many things we can’t know and even many things we think we know that are wrong. Do we understand what has happened in history? Many times Read more…
What are we Christians to do? There are a hundred voices, who don’t believe in God, calling to us and our children every day – in education, in science, in entertainment, in the media, etc, etc. Rod Dreher has a plan for us. In The Benedict Option, A Strategy for Read more…
Some years ago I enjoyed the book, The resilient Gardener, Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times, by Carol Deppe. Carol tells us we need to learn how to grow, not just salad foods, but staples with protein and calories we could depend on. She suggests that the 5 essentials Read more…