On Sunday we heard and believed the last Holy Gospel of the church year – Luke 23:27-43. Among other things, it led me back to this devotion. “According to Your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of Your goodness, O Lord” (Ps. 25:7). One time on a nursing home visit, I sat and talked with […]
Thought it might be a good time to republish this one. “You shall write them on the doorposts [in Hebrew, “mezuzoth”] of your house” (Deut. 6:9). The Jewish mezuzah refers to a parchment bearing the words of Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21 and rolled up in a case or tube that is attached to the doorpost […]
“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matt. 28:20). Many Christians are more than familiar with these words of Jesus in the final line of the Gospel of Matthew. It ranks among the greatest promises of God and gives much comfort and assurance to Christians. While in English it […]