Posts from December 2023
Parcels from the Preacher: December 31, 2023
Webster defines an agnostic as “a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God”. Just a thought, I find this personally intriguing. I can understand contemplating the impossible. In the sixth of Hebrews, the writer states, it is impossible for God to lie. In the nineteenth of Matthew, the Holy Spirit states, “with God…
Parcels from the Preacher: December 24, 2023
“Again the Lord of light and life Awakes the kindling ray, Unseals the eyelids of the morn, And pours increasing day”. Just a thought, have you thanked the Lord for waking you this day? To often we rise, get busy with the daily activities, and hurriedly go about the actions we find the most important to us. The merriment of our hearts should be in unison with the sun as David recorded in the fifty-seventh of the Psalms. Offer up…
Parcels from the Preacher: December 17, 2023
Just a thought, are you a “diehard”? This term normally applies to anyone with a strong dedication to a particular set of beliefs. I do not believe the term itself is negative because it engages one of the emotions God gives unto all: passion. But sentiments must not be displaced, hence the term diehard. Some people’s intransigent lifestyle delivers aggression and pain towards all others. We tend to do this in politics, sports, education, and religion. We should not honor…
Parcels from the Preacher: December 10, 2023
The term “white elephant” is often used at office parties for gift exchange or associated with human failures all around our society. It normally refers to any burdensome possession. Just a thought, who would desire to have a possession so burdensome, it would wreck at one’s soul? You and I of course! In the second of Ecclesiastes, Solomon tarried to state, “I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me”. Most of the…
Parcels from the Preacher: December 3, 2023
“I sing because I’m happy. I sing because I’m free. His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me (He watches me). His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches. I know He watches. I know He watches me” Just a thought, is God really omniscient? Job thirty-seven records God being perfect in knowledge. The third of First John accounts God recognizes the very aim of our hearts. The Palmist records God determining the…