Beginning Lent

Ash Wednesday I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! Job 19:25–27 But when the set time had …

The Victor over Sin and Death

The Promised Seed God said. “And I will put enmity between you (the Serpent) and the woman, and between your offspring [also translated seed] and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel” Genesis 3:15 An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid …

Prophecies Fulfilled in the Easter Story

God Keeps His Promises Somewhere on the road of my faith journey, I heard the adage, “The New is in the Old concealed; the Old is in the New revealed.” Most credit Augustine as the first to say it.[1] I, Denise, grew up in a home that valued both the Old and New Testaments. My dad taught home Bible studies …