The Book of Life, Part 2

To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven1 spirits of God and the seven stars: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a reputation2 (ὄνομα) that you are alive, but in reality you are dead.3...

Torture, Part 5

I don’t want to leave the impression that I am so perfected in love that I never fear punishment.[1]  I’m a creature of habit.  The possibility that God is punishing me for something is the first thing that comes to mind whenever it seems that things aren’t going my...

Fear – Exodus, Part 9

Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand – when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.  When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of...