When I was a child, I fondly remember how my mother would gently tend to me during those frigid months I found myself very ill with high fever and the flu. My mother would become very worried because she knew that I was not a sickly child and when I…
Let us recollect the steps of our journey thus far. We began by acknowledging that the apostle Peter deemed it very important to write a second letter to our brethren in the first century because the faith (creed) of many had faltered due to the constant mockery by the masses…
Our path toward salvation is now in front of us. We stand at the base of the great spiritual mountain of God that rises regally before us, reaching the throne of God in the third heaven. We have been taught that its paths are narrow and only a few will…
The great Himalayan Mountains, located in Asia, are known to have the highest elevation points in the world. More than 110 mountain peaks are registered to rise at approximately 24,000 feet or higher above the sea level. In the southern part of this Asian mountain range (bordering between Nepal and…
New Year’s Resolution (noun): a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of the year (Cambridge Dictionaries Online). Goals are always important in a person’s life. They help us grasp a better view as to what we…
In the Bible, we are able to learn of six Jewish feasts that were celebrated with the purpose to commemorate, worship, and rejoice in fellowship the many wonderful and merciful acts of God toward them. Each festival was celebrated in a different way bringing to their memory specific moments in…
“But the father said to his servants, ’Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was…
It is a very well known fact that the great apostle Paul had many who opposed him because they viewed him as a threat to their personal agendas. However, there was one group that had become a thorn on his side specifically because he had been “appointed a preacher, an…
Perfect (adj.): being entirely without fault or defect; flawless (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). They say that nobody is perfect in this world. I imagine that as you read this question perhaps this was the automatic answer your mind registered, but why is that? One reason may be due to the definition (above)…
“Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding; for her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold” (Proverbs 3:13-14). In this proverb of Solomon (known as the wisest man of all times), we can see the value that…