If you mention Handel’s Messiah, there are two pieces that immediately come to mind–the Hallelujah Chorus and the Amen Chorus. One that sticks in my mind is “all we like sheep have gone astray.” It’s such a joyful piece. “Wow! Look at us. We’ve gone astray.” I Read more
Jerusalem has been destroyed twice—once by the Babylonians and once by the Romans—It has been besieged 23 times; attacked 52 times; captured and recaptured 44 times; and yet it still stands. God hasn’t given up on Jerusalem. For all the scars it bears, for all of the faults it has known, it is still a […]Read more
When I was a child a quarter went a long way. Fourteen cents would pay for the Saturday afternoon movie and a dime would buy a box of popcorn. For fourteen cents you got a newsreel, a cartoon, and a double feature. The movies on Saturday afternoon were westerns and the nice thing about westerns […]Read more
There are two striking features about the Temptation of Jesus as reported in the Gospel of Luke. It happens immediately after His baptism. As baptism is a defining moment for us, His baptism was a defining moment for the Lord. It marked the beginning of His public ministry. And He was led into the wilderness Read more