On 04/09/2023,
in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/03/2023,
in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, history, religion,
by Daniel Christian
John 12:12-16 NIV — from biblegateway.com
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
“Hosanna![a]”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[b]
“Blessed is the king of Israel!”
14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
see, your king is coming,
seated on a donkey’s colt.”[c]
16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.
On 03/31/2023,
in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society,
by Daniel Christian
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
On 03/27/2023,
in Daniel S. Christian, faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society,
by Daniel Christian
Psalms 36:5-7 NIV — from bible.com
Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Luke 5:31-32 — from bible.com
“Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.””
Luke 5:31-32 NIV
From DSC:
LORD, thank you for your grace, patience, and love.
On 03/19/2023,
in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion,
by Daniel Christian
Psalms 34:18 NIV — from bible.com
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
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Psalms 34:8 NIV — from bible.com
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
On 03/11/2023,
in business, faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society,
by Daniel Christian
Deuteronomy 7:9 — from biblegateway.com
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
Leviticus 19:35-36 NIV — from bible.com
Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
On 03/06/2023,
in Daniel S. Christian, expectations, faith, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion,
by Daniel Christian
Joshua 1:9 — from biblegateway.com
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
From DSC:
For me, “being with you” isn’t enough — at least in the sense of how I’ve historically thought about that phrase. As the years went by, I needed the LORD to be ACTIVELY with me. Taking action, not just watching. Participating, not just observing.
The older I’ve gotten, the more I realize that the LORD is very active in my/our lives. In fact, I think that if we knew the extent of His activities, our minds would likely be blown.
That doesn’t address all of the “but why?” questions I and others have. But I appreciate the LORD being active. I need Him to be active. And I think that He expects me to be active in return — to make use of the talents/gifts that He gave to me. These days, I’m trying to figure out what that next chapter looks like for my family and me.
On 02/25/2023,
in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion,
by Daniel Christian
10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the Lord are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
and all of them are righteous.
10 They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the honeycomb.
11 By them your servant is warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
12 But who can discern their own errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
On 02/12/2023,
in faith, global / globalization, relationships, religion, science, society,
by Daniel Christian
Psalm 19:1-4
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice[b] goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
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A detail image of the larger composite. DECaPS2/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Image processing: M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
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An excerpt from Nicky Gumbel’s Classic Bible Study
Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes for Health in the USA, a leader in the scientific response to COVID-19 and recipient of the 2020 Templeton Prize, led, in his former role as director of the Human Genome Project, a team of over 2000 scientists who collaborated to determine the three billion letters in the human genome – our own DNA instruction book. He said, ‘I cannot see how nature could have created itself. Only a supernatural force that is outside of space and time could have done that.’
On 02/02/2023,
in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/24/2023,
in Daniel S. Christian, Emotion, faith, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion,
by Daniel Christian
- Psalms 10:1 — from bible.com
Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
From DSC:
I get this piece of scripture…big time.
In the early fall of my senior year in college, I wanted to be sure that the LORD wasn’t a hoax. I didn’t want to commit the rest of my life to Him if He wasn’t real. From that point on, until a Maundy Thursday service at the Alice Millar Chapel on NU’s campus the next spring, I felt that the LORD was 10,000 miles away from me. I couldn’t hear Him or sense Him. I won’t go into details, but it turned out that the LORD was definitely at work. He was changing my identity (though it felt more like a ripping away of my identity) from an athlete to one of His adopted children. I’m glad He was at work, but I wouldn’t want to relive that year ever again.
On 01/20/2023,
in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion,
by Daniel Christian
1 Peter 3:8 NIV — from my.bible.com
Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.
On 01/17/2023,
in Daniel S. Christian, faith, global / globalization, religion, society,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
One of my favorite memories as a kid was going to see a local performance of Charles Dickens’ “The Christmas Carol.” I loved seeing the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge. And one of the events that changed Ebenezer was seeing his own name on the gravestone.
There’s been something about this verse that has clung to my heart and my mind. As dealing with time can already put heat in my kitchen, I have to handle this verse with some care.
On 01/11/2023,
in faith, geography / geology, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion,
by Daniel Christian
12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
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