From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts: Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them Jesus addressed this parable: … “A man had two sons, and the younger son said to…
Month: March 2022
How much time do we have?
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts– And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, he said to the gardener, ‘For three years now I have come in search of…
Listening for the voice of the Lord…and what He has told us
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts… The Lord God took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can. Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.” Abram put his faith in the LORD, who credited it to him as an act of righteousness. He then said…
Rome was so great, but…
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts: Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If…