On the night in which Jesus was betrayed, Peter sought to defend Christ and lopped off Malchus's ear with a sword. Instead of encouraging more violence, Jesus healed the wounded man and told Peter to put away his sword.
I don't know, seems like an important thing to note this Holy Week.
They're not gonna care, y'all. They'll just explain it away like everything else.
In spirit poor
In mercy rich
They hunger for Your righteousness
Their hearts refined in the purity
Lord let me shine for them
Lord let me sing
Lord let me shine for them
Lord let me sing
Rich Mullins
"I Will Sing"
Never Picture Perfect
1989
I will sing for the meek
For those who pray with their very lives for peace
Though they're in chains for a higher call
Their mourning will change into laughter when the nations fall
Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow."
Isaiah 1:15-17
The word of the Lord as spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
"When you spread out your hands in prayer,I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
So the Lord Almighty was very angry."
Zechariah 7:8-12 (NIV)
"But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears. They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.
And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah: “This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other'...
Paula White -- Trump's chief spiritual adviser -- is offering access to angels (and a Waterford Crystal Cross), for the low, low prices of $1,000.
America needs to nail 95 theses to the megachurch door. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
But her emails.
That'll preach.
Sounds like HUGE RIFs are coming for Federal Employees. I just filled out a job application with the DNC. If anybody has connections there, I'd love to hear from you.
"...we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
Daniel 3:18
For the record:
When I said there's nothing these politicians could do that would surprise me anymore...
it wasn't a dare.
BAH! Just caught the typo in this. I guess I'll post it again and maybe delete this one sometime after.
For the record:
When I said there's nothing thes politicians could do that would surprise me anymore, it wasn't a dare.
Free throws matter, kids. #IUbb
The leopards. They're already starting to eat faces.
"The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God."
Leviticus 19:34
Notre Dame was just better.
Have you heard? The Indiana football Hoosiers are in the playoffs! As a long-suffering fan of the team, I can't even put into words how excited I am about tonight's game.
I'm also a little sad, though. You'll see why in the post. #IUfb #GoIU mattdantodd.com/2024/12/20/h...
"Out of the agony of this hour we will rise."
I wrote this last year, but it's worth sharing again on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (that's today).
Dearest Christian filmmakers,
More films like "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and less like "God's Not Dead part 77," please.
Thank you.
That's not the way to start the second half... #IUfb
TOUCHDOWN #IUfb
'Bullfrogs and Butterflies'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_N...
Eve of Destruction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdWG...