Light

Lights Out

Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. The world changed when electricity became a thing everyone had, or at least here in the West. Some parts of the world still don’t have universal access to electricity, often due to the low density living situations.Continue reading “Lights Out”

Exodus 27:21 Evening, Morning

Exodus 27:21 In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come. Have you ever seen aContinue reading “Exodus 27:21 Evening, Morning”

1 John 2:11 Blinding Darkness

1 John 2:11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them. Blinding Darkness. This just doesn’t work, does it? Light blinds, not darkness. Light penetrates darkness. Light dissipates darkness. Light makesContinue reading “1 John 2:11 Blinding Darkness”

Lightbulb – Revelation 22:5

Revelation 22:5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. Many times we take things for granted that we enjoy every day. Take the joys ofContinue reading “Lightbulb – Revelation 22:5”

Eye Light

Luke 11:35-36 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. 36 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.” Our eyes tell a lot about a person.Continue reading “Eye Light”

In the Light

John 3:21 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God. One of the things I appreciate about Germany is the rolladen shades that can be raised and lowered to keep out light, heat,Continue reading “In the Light”

1 John 1:5 Most of us take light for granted. We wake up in the morning and flip the switch or open the blinds and there it is. We can function in the world because of light. Without it we would get lost. A few weeks ago I was up in the middleContinue reading “Light”

Interpretation

Mark 12:35-37 I have some friends with some very different theological positions. How did this divergence happen? What I think happens is that we make up our minds about what we believe, and then we read and find what we want to believe. We see what we want to see. We surround ourselves withContinue reading “Interpretation”

Afraid of Sanity

Mark 5:15-17 Have you ever been around something that is so unbelievable, so unprecedented that you were scared? I remember the first time I was up close to a sky jump hill. When I realized that people flew off that ramp and were in the air that long and fell that far, I feltContinue reading “Afraid of Sanity”

Night Lights

Mark 4:22-23 If light doesn’t have a purpose, it is just a nuisance. Take the high beam of an oncoming car. For the driver it might be providing them with extra visibility, but for you it blinds and lowers safety. I hate those new headlights that seem like they are on high beam allContinue reading “Night Lights”