"I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork in in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire." (Matthew 3:11-12) I grew up in … [Read more...] about The Reward of Repentance
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The Call of Repentance
"He has told you, O man, what is good;and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God?" (Micah 6:8) As I have sat in quiet, grieving, pensive reflection over the events of the last few weeks that have our nation in turmoil, I can't help feel the grief that must grip the heart of God. We have seen fear ravage the … [Read more...] about The Call of Repentance
The Haunting Question
"Then in Jerusalem and Judea and all the region about the Jordan were coming out to him, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins." (Matthew 3:5-6) Recently, I explored the haunting question asked of Elijah by God as he was hiding out in a cave on Mt. Horeb: "What are you doing here?" (1 Kings 19:9) I say that it is "haunting" because it … [Read more...] about The Haunting Question