“there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord ...

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Later in Psalm 119:161 the psalm goes on to say, "Princes persecute me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word (NKJV)." When God's word is important to us, the other difficulties ...

Secondly, God wants to display His power through the lives of His people — “to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.” Isaiah 41 tells us, “So do not fear, for I am with ...

My recall of watching TV newscasts goes back to the evening news by John Cameron Swayze (1950s). The news anchor I have probably watched the most in my younger adult years was Walter Cronkite.

The Bible is both the story of God and the true story of the world. The “re” words we find throughout the Scripture unlock, in all kinds of ways, the central plot of the grand story of God’s ...

The history and lives of these people became the vocabulary of God’s message. There was still no mistaking it for anything other than the word of God, but he filled out the narrative and filled ...

People of God and everyone, let us hold fast on a daily basis to the word of God and his promises like never before. Psalms 119:49-50 49th-50 says ”remember the word unto thy servant upon which ...

Sunday, July 15, is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B). Mass Readings: Amos 7:12-15; Psalm 85: 9-14; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:7-13 How do we measure success in our lives? Obviously, the ...