In 2018, The Voice of the Martyrs released the award-winning film Tortured for Christ, a dramatic retelling of Pastor Richard Wurmbrand's 14-year imprisonment because of his comments that Christianity and Communism cannot coexist -- those idiotic bumper stickers notwithstanding. The flick is filmed entirely on location in Romania, including from the prison where the good pastor suffered … Continue reading FREE Christian Movie
This is an odd church if that is what it really is. First it is tiny, and second it is open to the elements on two sides. They heat it, as you can see below, by open fire. While it calls itself a "church" there are also no crosses or religious decorations or carvings, thus … Continue reading Open church in Finland
Max Lucado, Princes from Egypt
The movie is a documentary about Christo, yes that is his real name, the installation artist. I was interested as i had walked the Gates in Central Park several years ago, so I was curious about the man and his art. It seems he was a real artist at one time but someone along the … Continue reading Christo, the movie
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. (Jesuit) writes that 1 Cor 8–10 should be compared with Rom 14:1–15:6 because it has the same theme. Fitzmyer says that the difference is Romans is the later of the two epistles i.e. it is a thematic recap of Corinthians as Romans boils down the essence of Corinthians and crystallizes it … Continue reading Pocket 1 Corinthians 8
OliveTree, the bible app from HarperCollins, is selling the e-version of New Life Bible for 5.00. To take advantage of the sale you need to download the free app from OliveTree nd then buy the New Life version through your appropriate store. The app is pretty nice, it runs on iOs, Windows, Android and Kindle … Continue reading New Life Bible everywhere
A famous passage thanks to Handel's wonderful Messiah. The Cambridge Bible writes that " for unto us" refers to the survivors of the judgment. The name “Immanuel,” means “God is with us.” Often as a name it is spelt Emmanuel. https://youtu.be/MS3vpAWW2Zc and the government Now here is the odd phrase "and the government will be … Continue reading Pocket Prayer: Isaiah 9 and the Prince of Peace
While watching Bill Murray's Scrooge & decorating the tree, my wondering eyes befell, a small squat box that I much neither remember buying nor placing there at all. What could this small square box be? Nothing I asked for, I had gotten three packages back, a mistake perhaps or package I had ... no I … Continue reading Christmas…the aftermath
Rush Limbaugh announced today that he has 'advanced lung cancer." You can read his statement here. Pray for our friend, pray hard.
What is the Spirit of Adoption Reverend Adam Clarke gets the nod on this prayer from Lucado. Clarke was a Methodist minister and Bible scholar; his full Bible commentary is well known and where we get the explanation of the Biblical verse the "Spirit of Adoption" means. Clarke writes this is about where frequent a … Continue reading 40 Pocket Prayers: Romans 8
In my anguish... 