Christine's Blog – January 2014 Archive (17)

Grace and Peace. There is something about this pairing that shoots straight to my heart. It sounds good, it sounds right, and if you stop and think about it, what greater thing could you offer someone, what kinder sentiment?



May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace~1



Paul knew grace. His entire life had been turned upside down by the grace of God—by the grace of God, I am what I am—he said of himself.2 And so, to Titus, who he left to…

Nobody mourned its impending death . . . no one talked about how much it would be missed.  No billboards or television commercials warned of the void it would leave . . . yet, just like that, it has almost…

Greetings. 

Even though I’m a girl, I was raised to be tough—‘Never let ‘em see you sweat, Hon’, my dad would say, ‘You’re a Todd’—that was my maiden…

“Divinely wise souls often infuriate the worldly-wise because they always see things from the Divine point of view. The worldly are willing to let anyone believe in God if he pleases, but only on condition that a belief in God will mean no more than belief in anything else. They will allow God, provided that God does not matter.…

‘Ah, he just likes to hear himself talk!’ I remember my dad saying about someone he could barely stand because he went on and on talking. (Kinda’ funny, because boy, did my dad like to talk!) But it is true that we generally do like the sound of our own voice; truly, most of us like to talk. Besides that, we like to come across as clever and well spoken.



In the ancient world in which Paul and Timothy resided, a high premium was placed on being a fine speaker or orator. Greek…

Women, Men and Bible Study.



Good Day.



This morning, the winter session of Women of Passion kicked off … how beautiful it was to see women coming from all over South Orange County to meet together in God’s name! Some came with their wealth of knowledge about women’s Bible study, others with apprehension about ‘will I know enough? What if she calls on me? Will there be too much homework or not enough?’ But no matter . . . they came . . . about 60 of them, to our brand new…

Who was this guy Paul?

Second to Jesus, Saul who we mostly know as Paul is surely the most remarkable human being that ever lived.  That is such a huge…

All in Proper Order with Honor – 1 Timothy Five, THE MESSAGE…

Meaningful takes from First Timothy.

 So, where were we … what were we studying before our…

‘O, if only I could have been a fly on the wall …

If only I had been there to hear what was said, how it went down …’…

When did I stop?  Can’t really remember when I gave up the practice, just know that I have not really made a New Year’s Resolution for some time.  Guess I believe most resolutions wind up in a scrapheap, without much but frustration left behind. …