[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] As a local church pastor one of my least favourite tasks is conducting funerals. There are strong emotions expressed ranging from sadness to anger. There are sometimes, depending on how death occurred, those pain-filled “Why?!” questions. Since I avoid pat…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] I am fond of the letter to the Hebrews. It is written to Jews who have become followers of Jesus as Messiah. Consequently, they are under intense persecution for their new faith. The writer compares the old religious system to…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Giving interviews to journalists was one of the “joys” I had when I was serving on the Advance Team of the “World’s Largest Floating Bookstore”, MV LOGOS II. We would go ahead of the ship into an upcoming port in…

Blind Bartimaeus is a beggar on the outskirts of Jericho. He hears that Jesus is passing by and begins to cry out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” He understands from the stories he had heard that Jesus is able to heal him. So even though the crowd tries to…