Not Just a Statistic
A devotion on the parable of the Lost Sheep Read More …
Author: Emmanuel N. Ilagan
THOUGHTS ON FATHERS’ DAY
“And I will be a father to you,and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” (2 Corinthians 6:18 ESV) “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” — Mother Theresa. Peace is something we Read More …
A Purposeful Life for Christ
13 Forgetting the ·past [things that are behind] and ·straining toward [stretching/reaching forward to] what is ahead, 14 I keep ·trying to reach [pursuing; chasing] the goal and get the prize for which God called me ·to the life above [heavenward; upward] ·through [or in] Christ Jesus.. (Phil. 4:13b-14 EXB) Sometimes we can get stuck in the past Read More …
It’s Not About Fairness
25 “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your Read More …
Jesus Heals Simon’s Mother-In-Law
“And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. 39 And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to Read More …
God Dwelt Among Us
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1 ESV). Read More …
THE “FIVE–FINGER GOSPEL” OF MOTHER THERESA
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’ (Matt. 25:40 ESV) Read More …
Luther, a Front Liner in the Wittenberg Epidemic
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4 ESV) Read More …
Jesus and an Outsider’s Faith
24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.[a] And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. 25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him Read More …
The Continuing Work of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit continues to work these days in overcoming language barriers so that the Gospel is proclaimed. Read More …