“And the people could not distinguish the voice of the call of joy from the voice of weeping.” — Ezra 3:13 After experiencing three losses in just four weeks, Angela’s family was devastated. After one of them, the sudden death of a nephew, Angela and her two sisters spent three days in the kitchen at (…)
“Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will inject spirit into you – and you will live.” — Ezekiel 37:5 On November 4, 1966, a devastating flood occurred in Florence, Italy, due to which Giorgio Vasari’s famous masterpiece “The Last Supper” lay under a thick layer of mud for twelve hours. The (…)
“I will rejoice in the Lord… I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.” — Habakkuk 3:18 “I know dad will be home soon because he sent me flowers.” That’s what my seven-year-old sister told my mother when my father went missing in the war. Before leaving, he ordered flowers to be delivered to (…)
“All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.” — Acts 2:4 During a discussion of a book on the Holy Spirit written by German theologian Jürgen Moltmann, who was ninety-four years old at the time, a journalist asked him: “How (…)
“For who will despise the day of small things?” — Zechariah 4:10 Will I be able to get to the Olympics? – a college student, a gifted swimmer, worried about her performance. That’s when math professor Ken Ohno studied the girl’s swimming technique and saw how to improve her time by six seconds, a significant (…)
“And I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no harm to them, and the appearance of the fourth is like the son of God.” — Daniel 3:25 When the Nobel laureate Max Planck traveled to different cities with lectures, his driver once said that he could replace (…)
“And whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus.” — Colossians 3:17 When Jeff was fourteen, his mother took him to a concert by the famous singer BJ Thomas. Like many other musicians of the time, Thomas led a lavish lifestyle during his tours. But then he (…)
“For who will eat, and who will be able to consume without Him?” — Ecclesiastes 2:25 As I watched the crowd gradually flow from the platform to the train, I felt the heaviness of Monday creeping up on me. The sleepy, gloomy faces of the passengers crammed into the carriage spoke eloquently about their attitude (…)
“Sleeper, get up and rise from the dead, and Christ will enlighten you!” — Ephesians 5:14 It’s like a dream, but without waking up. People who suffer from a disorder sometimes called “derealization” or “depersonalization” often feel that everything around them is not real. However, a similar feeling can occur in healthy people, especially under (…)
“What we have seen and heard – this we announce to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us.” — 1 John 1:3 Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of US President Abraham Lincoln, was present at three important events: the death of his own father, as well as the assassination of Presidents James (…)