... ; I give thee back the life I owe ... I trace the rainbow through the rain And feel the promise is not vain That morn shall tearless be. And from the ground that blossoms red Life that shall endless be. Amen3 Christ lives. Hallalujah! 1. "In Flanders Field," John McCrae, from Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, John Bartlett, ed., Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1968, p. 912. 2. Ibid. 3. "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go," from Worship Book of the Presbyterian Church, Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1973.
... his gospel was organized just for them. In chapter eleven, Jesus confronts political opposition as Herod arrests and murders John the Baptist. In chapter twelve, he faces religious opposition as the Scribes and Pharisees challenge him and even suggest ... rest to God, including keeping the fire going. And that is GOOD news for all us tenant farmers. Amen! 1. Noted by Jim McCrae, via Ecunet, "Sermonshop Sermons," #1509, 7/7/99 2. Soil information from William Barclay, And Jesus Said: A Handbook on the Parables ...