Afterwords -- highlight reel
January 12, 2024 Dear friends, This week's newsletter will be a little different. I'm not feeling any creative energy for writing. I've started several posts...
Afterwords -- astonishing
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation,...
Afterwords -- 2024 and beyond
"...I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done,...
Afterwords -- heaven and nature sing
"They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God." (Isaiah 35:2) "No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to...
Afterwords -- panic or peace
"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you." (Isaiah 26:3) December 9, 2023 Dear friends, Some of you may remember...
Afterwords -- the grand miracle
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." (John 1:14)...
Afterwords -- giving thanks
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever." (Psalm 136:1) November 17, 2023 Dear friends, For many, the American...
Afterwords -- every star has a name
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and...
Afterwords -- the addict's psalm
"To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me." (Psalm 25:1-2) November 2, 2023...
Afterwords -- of first importance
"Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that...
Afterwords -- whose glory?
"How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?" "...for they loved the glory that...
Afterwords -- the water and the blood
"These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." (Revelation 7:14) "But...
Afterwords -- truth
"'For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my...
Afterwords -- no other
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy...
Afterwords -- bread
"Give us this day our daily bread..." (Matthew 6:11) "Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes...
Afterwords -- unfading
Photo by Samuel Yongbo Kwon on Unsplash. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born...
Afterwords -- testimony
Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts "And John [the Baptist] bore witness: I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on...
Afterwords -- fantasy
"But Jesus called them to him, saying, 'Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you,...
Afterwords -- he comes to us
"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:18) Οὐκ ἀφήσω ὑμᾶς ὀρφανούς, ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. August 26, 2023 Dear friends, These tender...
Afterwords -- hope
"So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that...