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Friday, April 4, 2025
"Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man is not born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
(John 3:5, Lamsa Translation)
I used to think that being born of water means our birth from the…
Thursday, March 6, 2025
End of Days
"Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea. And four great beasts came up out of the sea, differing one from another."
(Daniel 7:2-3 Lamsa Translation)
One of the…
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Reflections in the Garden
"And [Jesus] said, To what shall we compare the kingdom of God? and with what parable shall we picture it?
It is just like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seed on…
Thursday, October 31, 2024
" The Good News "
In those days came John the Baptist; and he was preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying, ‘Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is near.’
(Matthew 3:1-2 Lamsa Translation)
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, ‘…
Monday, September 30, 2024
" Arrived "
(qerev)
“… [Jesus] answered them: What you are waiting for has already come, but you do not see it.”
(Gospel of Thomas, saying 51)
The word translated as "Kingdom" appears 109 times in the four gospels. The word translated as…
Saturday, August 10, 2024
" Repent "
(tuwbw)
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
(Romans 12:2 NRSV)
What comes to mind when you…
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
" The Kingdom of Heaven "
(malkuta dashmaya)
"Yeshua said,
“If your leaders tell you, “Look, the kingdom is in heaven,”then the birds of heaven will precede you.
If they say to you, “It’s in the sea,” then the fish will precede you.
But the…
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
" True Love "
"Can Cushites change their skin
or leopards their spots?
Then also you can do good,
who are accustomed to do evil."
(Jeremiah 13:23 NRSV)
What is the meaning we should glean from a statement like Jeremiah gives us? Can…
Friday, May 17, 2024
Egotism
"A state of consciousness built up by the will functioning in the sense world.
In this false expression it looks upon itself as great, honorable, mighty."
-The Revealing Word, by Charles Fillmore
Many spiritual paths teach the…
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
"Wherever I go I try to grasp the fleeting, to understand the inexpressible mystery of things, and to savour the endlessly changing spectacle of life with heightened awareness. Life takes place in the setting of a miracle, and man can derive…