Why Compassionate and Gracious?
When I decided to create a blog, the first question I had to answer was: What should I write about? It didn’t take long for me to realize that my favorite things to write about are faith and the nature of God.
With that in mind, a name for my blog quickly came to mind, a phrase frequently used in the Bible to describe God: Compassionate and Gracious.
If your heart, like mine, is drawn to the heart of God, I invite you to journey with me, exploring faith and the unfathomable riches of God’s nature.
Easter
The Decisive Battle
The decisive battle for salvation was won at the cross. But the decisive battle for the cross was won at Gethsemane. Each of the four gospels describes Jesus’ time of prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Matthew, Mark and Luke all focus on Jesus agonizing over what He was about to face (Matt 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46). Being a physician, Luke describes in clinical detail the physical manifestation of the emotional and mental agony [...]
Easter Series: The Rest of the Story
I love the words of the angels to the disciples after Jesus ascended into heaven. After instructing them to remain together in Jerusalem and wait for the promised Holy Spirit, Jesus simply arose from the earth and disappeared into a cloud. From out of nowhere, two angels suddenly stood beside the disciples, saying, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, [...]