Monthly Archives: March 2021

The article below is culled from the official cslewis.com web site, focusing on one of his books – “Preparing for Easter”. Highlights are mine. One of the readings this week in Lewis’s “Preparing for Easter” appropriately talks about suffering and its paradox. During Holy Week, we move from a celebratory entry into Jerusalem to the crueltyContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 37 – God Will Carry Out His Purpose.”

12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12 Peter’s denial of Christ after vowing to die for him is just one of the many examples that scripture gives to warn us against over-confidence in devotions and spiritual pride. Another good one is Paul’s humbling with thorns after having aContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 36 – Standing Only By Grace”

The lengthy piece below on Judas Iscariot is culled from an exceptional sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon in his church in the 19th century. It is worth a read- Delivered on Sunday Morning, February 15th, 1863, by the Rev. C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington “I. Grant me your attention while we make an estimate ofContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 35 – Spurgeon on Judas”

They called a council meeting out of a mixture of fear, frustration and fury. What do you do about a man who is working signs and miracles that are good for the ordinary people and causing them to become His followers? They pretended that they were concerned about the future of their nation, whereas theyContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 34 – God Can Change Hearts and Sway Tongues.”

The Jews had picked up rocks to stone Jesus (John 10:31). Now, if we had been in that scenario as followers of Jesus, we would have been baffled and wondered along with Him – was He being stoned for healing the sick? Or feeding the hungry? Or for casting out devils? Or for cleansing lepers?ContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 33 – Gratitude to God vs Gratitude to Man”

Every miracle begins with an act of obedience, carried out in faith. Think about it. Whether it is the raising of Lazarus from the dead, or the passing of Israelites through the Red Sea, or the healing of Naaman; there is an extraordinary and usually absurd-on-the-surface request made or commandment given and the occurence ofContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 32 – Miracles Arise From Obedience (Re-Post from 11/11/18)”

Christ, the Word who became flesh and thus, the Living Word, warned that those He would recognize as His disciples were those who continued in His Word because that is how they would come to have full knowledge of the truth and be free (John 8:31-36). Continue as the operative word suggests dwelling in theContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 31 – When Sinfulness Descends Into A Pseudo-Stockholm Syndrome”

We have all encountered people who can never be content, assuming we ourselves are not defined by that unfortunate trait. It is an unfortunate trait because it can lead to an endless cycle of misfortune. You see, those who are never content, by virtue of the fact that they are always on the lookout forContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 30 – The Vicious Cycle of Discontent.”

The hypocrisy of the Pharisees who brought an adulterous woman caught in the act to Jesus as a trap began at the scene of the crime. A woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery, which indicates that a man was with her when they were caught. Why was the man not draggedContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 29 – God Will Teach Us Compassion.”

As human beings, there is a slight discomfort to the realization that God is a mind-reader. He knows those opinions that we don’t share and knows the sins that we commit in our hearts. We can deceive the entire world, but we can’t deceive Him. In a world that frowns upon intrusion into declared personalContinueContinue reading “Lent 2021: Day 28 – File a Report with God.”