Buy my books " Joy in the Journey " and " Song in the Night" on Amazon now Experiencing sound quality issues? Please Click here The Touch of Faith Scripture Reading: Mark 5:25-34 There is a story in the Gospels about a woman who came to Jesus, yet we are never told her name. Her story is recorded in Gospel of Matthew , Gospel of Mark , and Gospel of Luke , but even with that prominence, she remains unnamed. Over the past few weeks, we have reflected on different women who came to Jesus. One was the woman caught in adultery, brought publicly and humiliated before Him. This woman is different. She did not come publicly. She came quietly, almost secretly, carrying a burden she had lived with for years. She believed that Jesus alone could take care of her problem. The Bible tells us that she had an issue of blood. This was not a minor condition. It was a ser...
Buy my books " Joy in the Journey " and " Song in the Night" on Amazon now Experiencing sound quality issues? Please Click here When Mercy Meets Misery Scripture Reading: John 8:1-11 This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday in Lent, and we are looking at another story of an encounter Jesus had during His ministry in this world. Last week we reflected on the woman Jesus met on His way to Galilee, in Samaria—the Samaritan woman at the well—and we spoke about that encounter. Today we look at another woman, but unlike the Samaritan woman who met Jesus along His journey, this woman was brought to Him. If you look at the printed Bible in your hands, you will notice that most versions have this passage written in italics, and some even place it in brackets. The reason for that goes back to differences in the early centuries when the Bible was being compiled. There wer...