20140127오늘의양식요약 Mariners and navigators began relying on the Southern Cross as early as the 15th century for direction and navigation through the seas. It was so vivid on that dark night. The Scriptures tell us of an even more magnificent cross─the cross of Christ. When we look at the stars, we see the handiwork of…
20140126오늘의양식요약 Waiting is hard. We wait in grocery lines, in traffic, in the doctor’s office. On another level, we wait for a letter that doesn’t come, for a prodigal child to return, or for a spouse to change. We wait for a child we can hold in our arms. We wait for our heart’s desire….
20140125오늘의양식요약 August 24, AD 79 began as an ordinary day. People were going about their daily business in homes, markets, and at the port of this prosperous Roman town of 20,000 people. In less than 24 hours, Pompeii and many of its people lay buried under a thick layer of volcanic ash. Unexpected. Jesus told…
20140124오늘의양식요약 Missionary Egerton Ryerson Young served the Salteaux tribe in Canada in the 1700s. The chief of the tribe thanked Young for bringing the good news of Christ to them, noting that he was hearing it for the first time in his old age. The chief was not finished, however. “Well,” said the chief, “It…
20140123오늘의양식요약 In the 19th century, ships were often recklessly overloaded, resulting in those ships going down and the crews being lost at sea. In 1875, to remedy this negligent practice, British politician Samuel Plimsoll led the charge for legislation to create a line on the side of a ship to show if it was carrying…
20140121오늘의양식요약 Just as musicians adjust with their instruments, we as believers also need to make adjustments with our spiritual gifts if we want to harmonize with others to serve God. All of us have spiritual gifts, and we must work together if God’s work is to get done. When our talents are used in a…
20140120오늘의양식요약 Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You only need a heart full of…
20140119오늘의양식요약 When Jesus saw Mary and Martha and their friends weeping over the death of Lazarus, He wept with them. Some Bible scholars think that part of Jesus’ weeping also may have been over death itself and the pain and sadness it causes in people’s hearts. Loss is a part of life. But because Jesus…
20140118오늘의양식요약 Getting our children to look good for church was always a challenge. Ten minutes after arriving at church all spruced up, our little Matthew would look like he didn’t have parents. I wonder if that is how we look sometimes. After Christ has clothed us in His righteousness, we tend to wander off and…
20140117 오늘의양식 Fanny Crosby lost her sight as an infant. Yet, amazingly, she became the lyricist of wellknown hymns as “Blessed Assurance” and “To God Be the Glory”. A preacher told her, “I think it is a great pity that the Master did not give you sight.” But she replied: “Do you know that if…