“OK men, after six steps we’ll stop. Help me count. One, two, three, four, five, six. That’s it. Stop. Get a bull and a fattened calf for a sacrifice. It’s time to bless the Lord.”
And so it went, In 2 Samuel 6:13-15, six steps and a sacrifice, six steps and a sacrifice, as David and [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 26, 2009
It’s Seventh Step Time
April 19, 2009
Stirring Behind the Stone
The view outside the sealed grave was bleak. Those close to him felt the sting of death, the sadness–and now the tomb meant finality. But behind the stone silence became noise, coldness became warmth, darkness became light, mourning became joy and death became life.
When things don’t look well, don’t give up, there might be some [...]
April 11, 2009
Redeemed
He came to seek. He came to save.
And now a borrowed tomb His grave.
Some were calloused, unimpressed,
so on to Hell to end His quest.
Descending down He took the trip
to get the keys–death where’s your grip?
He then met Satan at the gate,
who shocked, aghast–in a frozen state,
dropped the keys into His hand
then on Christ went to [...]
April 5, 2009
He Died for Our Minds
Years ago I heard a sermon by Nona Freeman. She told how Jesus died on Golgotha, “which being interpreted, The place of a skull ” (Mark 15:22). She explained how the skull contains the mind and that Jesus not only died for forgiveness of sin and physical healing, but he also died for our minds. His desire [...]
