As the war waged by Satan increases against us, causing anxiety and depression, there are defenses we can erect against his stratagems. Since we reside in Satan's world, surrounded by a formidable, unseen enemy, looked upon as …
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the teaching of the Trinity is "the central doctrine of the Christian religion" (vol. 3, p. 47), despite the fact that not all Christians accept it. This concept holds that while God is one, He is …
Most of us have watched a baseball game. Chances are we have all seen a batter about to enter the batter's box make the sign of the cross. Or perhaps we are basketball fans. We have seen it there too: As certain players prepare to shoot …

(1) Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely. (2) And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. (3) And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” (4) But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. (5) Then He answered them, saying, “Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?” (6) And they could not answer Him regarding these things.
Christ's miracle of healing a man with dropsy is the last healing He performed on the Sabbath. It occurs in the house of one of Judaism's chief Pharisees. Luke records that the lawyers and Pharisees “watched Him …
As the Feast of Tabernacles approaches, our to-do lists grow longer and longer. For me, as a landscaper with the seasons about to change, many things begin to happen all at once. The Feast becomes a deadline for getting crucial things done before having to take off for eight days or more. My clients’ grass must be cut and trimmed, hard surfaces blown off, weeds sprayed—regular maintenance jobs continue. But every year, before the Feast arrives, my goal is to have most, if not all, of the shrubs on the properties we maintain trimmed and ready to go dormant until next spring. I also try to …
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