In celebration of Father’s Day, I wanted to take a look at this beautiful song. Holly Dunn wrote the song in honor of her father. She stated in writing the song as a gift to her father she “tapped into a well of emotion.” She released the song in August 1986 on her album Holly Dunn. The song […]
Kyrios is a Greek word which has been translated to mean lord, master, or teacher. The term is often translated to mean God. At times the word is interchanged with the term Adonai. In the New Testament, the word Kyrios appears 740 times, often referring to Jesus. The Apostle Paul used the word 163 times. The early Christian church placed […]
Eli was a descendant of Aaron through his youngest son, Ithamar. Eli was the high priest whom Hannah brought Samuel to for study and preparation to serve God. Samuel became the high priest upon Eli’s death, although Eli had sons. Eli’s sons were Hophni and Phinehas, who is described as behaving wickedly for committing adultery and taking the prime cuts […]
Several weeks ago, in church, I watched a family a few pews ahead of us. During the invitation, the mother went forward with her adult son to the altar. There they knelt together praying together and at one point the mother was over her son and I could imagine she was praying over her child. I was struck […]
John Huss is considered the first church reformer after John Wycliffe, the theorist Protestantism. He was the forerunner to Luther, Calvin and Zwingli. Jan Hus was the true spelling of his name. He was born around 1369 in Bohemia. By 1400, he had earned a Bachelor and Master’s of Arts degree from the University of Prague and was ordained a […]
