sovereign Savior

by an odj community member on August 2nd, 2011 | 3 responses
I love listening to the thunder. I love seeing the lightening. I’m watching it now out my back door and it’s like a strobe light reflecting on the concrete as it lights the sky. I love to hear the sound of the slow rolling thunder in the distance and I also love it when it’s so close and... read more »

stand for truth

by an odj community member on August 2nd, 2011 | no responses
John 8:2-6: Early the next morning He was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and He sat down and taught them. As He was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.... read more »

pseudo praise

by marvin williams on August 2nd, 2011 | 7 responses
When Hitler sought to placate Austrian minister Kurt von Schuschnigg by complimenting and praising him publicly, a disgusted Winston Churchill muttered, “When a snake wants to eat his victims, he first covers them in saliva.” The Bible calls Hitler’s use of insincere praise flattery—words... read more »