Spring of Hope

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  In the 2000 years of Christianity, there are only two recorded occasions where the church was officially closed around the world. The first was during the Spanish Flu which occurred in 1918 and ended in 1920. This year 2020 will be the second time this has happened due to the COVID -19, exactly a hundred years after the first one. Wars and persecution did not close the church in the past, swords and battles did not stop worship in history. Today the church is closed like those who lived 100 years ago during the Spanish Flu. We are asked to worship from home because of an invisible enemy that threatens our health and life. The gatherings and the rituals we cherish have become public danger and if we must survive, life as we know it must be put on hold or we need to adapt. Pope Francis lamented the present predicament when he noted that “a thick darkness has gathered over our squares,...

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  Master Chef is a reality TV show that has become popular. Cooks are all given a box with the same ingredients and must use only those ingredients to create a dish within a fixed amount of time. The judges will select 3 dishes to taste based on visual appearance and technique. The 3 judges taste the dish, and vote "yes" or "no"; 2 "yes" votes are required for the chef to move on and receive a MasterChef apron, while those who fail to do so leave the competition. When the Lord becomes the chef, we all win. Gospel writer John describes the last days of after resurrection in Chapter 21. The resurrected Lord Jesus is described as hosting a breakfast on the beach. The post-resurrection appearances of Jesus must have been bewildering and puzzling. It says in verse 14 that this was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he rose from the dead. H...

Buy my book   " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions  There are several Psalms in the Bible that are attributed to the 'Sons of Korah' as the author. We dont know the writer of specific chapters because there were more than one sons to Korah. The Korahites in the Bible were that portion of the Kohathites that descended from the Sons of Korah. They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division (2 Chronicles 20:19). The Sons of Korah were the sons of Moses' cousin Korah. The story of Korah is found in Numbers 16. Korah led a revolt against Moses; he died, along with all his co-conspirators, when God caused "the earth to open her mouth and swallow him and all that appertained to them" (Numbers 16:31-33). However, "the children of Korah did not die" (Numbers 26:11). Several psalms are described in their opening verses as being by the Sons of Korah: numbers 42, 44–49, 84, 85, 87 and 88. It i...