Category: Deception

THE Good News

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great…

What Can I Give You?

By Ruth Wood It seems that every year at Christmas my mother laments, “What can I give you? You have everything.” She loves to give and feels sad that I have no pressing material needs. In her mind, how can…

With Thanksgiving!

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,  rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving! See to it that there is…

Songs of Deliverance

Blessed is the one     whose transgressions are forgiven,     whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one     whose sin the Lord does not count against them     and in whose spirit is no deceit. When I kept silent,     my bones wasted away     through my…

Questioning Authority

By Ann O’Malley I sit in church listening to the sermon. I’ve been a committed Christian for more than fifty years, so most of what the pastor says is familiar. But I have an active mind. I hear his words,…