When I first saw Les Miserables on Broadway I was very deeply moved by Jean Valjean’s resolve for compassion against harshness in a time of unrest — the 1800s after the defeat of Napoleon. He changed and became a man of outstanding character and generosity. He rose from a marked ex-convict to being major of [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Kingdom of God’
March 11, 2009
THE WORLD IS HARSH BUT WE CARE, PART 1
By January 2, 2009 the number of centenarians on record exceeded 180,000 and it is estimated that in just over 40 more years the number will exceed 800,000 (www.grg.org). Even my father, who is in his mid 80s has seen so much already. What will we all live to see if the creek doesn’t rise [...]
August 12, 2008
Power from on High
Can you imagine that first summer after the day of Pentecost. In the first few chapters of Acts, Luke describes a church clothed with power from on high (Luke 24:49 and Acts 1-2). God’s power first fell upon all the disciples who were gathered in one house. God’s power filled the house with the sound [...]
July 14, 2008
New Birth and the Wind of Change
The wind of change was blowing, and Nicodemus, a prominent ruler of the Jews wanted to understand (John 3). God had sent prophets before, but his colleagues, the Pharisees of the Jewish Sanhedrin, judged John demonic and Jesus a drunken glutton. The truth was that John the Baptist was so insulting; and Jesus took his [...]
