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Archive for January, 2008

A friend sent me the following, and I thought I would share it on the blog.
Philippians 3v13
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 
   I press toward the mark for the prize of [...]

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I was reading of  the pope’s granting of a special “plenary indulgence”  to “commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s appearance to St Bernadette at Lourdes.”
(An indulgence is supposed to be a remission of the temporal punishment due for sins committed. A plenary indulgence is supposed to be  the remission of all punishment). 
The Catholic Church [...]

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Fiery Trials

I was listening to a preacher the other day, and he said that when you make a decision in your life to take God’s way over a certain matter, do not be surprised if things get more difficult for you instead of easier.
You see, we think that if we take God’s side on a matter - whatever [...]

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