'The Christ' Tagged Posts

'The Christ' Tagged Posts

Daily Devotions: January 11, 2020

We apologize for the content not being in what was sent. I had a hiccup here, please forgive me!  Cyndy, Program & Development (including website) Director January 11, 2020 For full passage click:  Matthew 3:13-15  …  “Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.” vs. 13 The relationship between Jesus and John the Baptist has been a source of endless speculation from the beginning. That there was a connection is obvious, it’s mentioned numerous…

Daily Devotions: March 19, 2019

March 19, 2019                                                                                                          For full passage click: Isaiah 55:6-9 …“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” vs. 9 Most of the things that we say about God are more a reflection of ourselves than they are of God. The truth is that our little minds and inadequate vocabularies are incapable of even coming close to describing the Divine Presence. We have a sense…

Daily Devotions: November 20, 2018

November 20, 2018 To read full passage click: Psalm 93 …“The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength. He has established the world; it shall never be moved;” vs. 1 As the psalmist searched for ways to describe the power and majesty of the Lord he ended up using the word “king.” It meant something different in those days than it does now. For us, it simply designates the head of…

Daily Devotions: September 15, 2018

September 15, 2018 Mark 8:27-30  …“He asked them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered him, ‘You are the Messiah.’” vs. 29 Followers of Jesus in the first century had one basic answer to questions about his identity. Like Peter in Mark’s story, they made the bold claim that he was the Messiah or as we more commonly say, he was the Christ. The words, one Hebrew and the other Greek, mean the same thing. Jesus was…