Verse for the Day

Matthew 11:28--"Come unto me, all ye who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

Tornado again

     Pray for the people in Joplin, MO. These tornados are horrible. I wish the rotten weather would end.

Tornado

     Last night we were in a tornado warning three times.  A town to the west of me had significant damage.  Please pray for the people of Reading, KS as they begin the recovery process from this terrible storm.

Jude--Part 6

     Jude is really letting the false teachers have it.  In verse 9, Jude talks about the Archangel Michael and Satan arguing over the body of Moses.  This is a controversy about the book of Jude. Jude quotes extra biblical sources as if they are true.  This occurs in the Michael account and later in the book when Jude mentions Enoch.  I dont' find this particularly troublesome.  I believe these stories are true, yet the works in which they are contained are not canonical.
     The story we are discussing comes from a book called "The Assumption of Moses".  No one is really sure what the argument over the body of Moses was really about as Jude doesn't go into detail.  Whatever the dispute Michael said "The Lord rebuke thee" to the devil. In other words,take it up with Jesus. He is the judge.
     I find it interesting that many evangelists are always casting out one spirit or another. Michael left it with Jesus.  Whose example should we follow?  I think you know the answer to that question.

Art Gallery Favorites

I posted yesterday about my visit to the Nelson Art Gallery.  Some of the artists whose paintings I enjoyed most were Church, Kensett, Schreyer, Turner, Welliver, Chardin, Bricher, and Innes.

Art

     I visited the special exhibit of Monet's water lilies at the Nelson Art Gallery in Kansas City this morning.  The paintings were great and the exhibit as a whole was very well done.  Since I was there, I looked at the rest of this magnificent gallery.  It was a fantastic morning

Jude--Part 5

     Jude continues by describing the false teachers.  He states that they denied the Lord Jesus Christ.  They denied His grace, or they turned His grace into an excuse for lawless behavior.  This is similar to what Paul discussed when he stated that some said we should sin in order that grace might abound. Jude would join Paul in saying--God Forbid!!
     Jude compares these false teachers who have walked away from the truth to those who rebelled against God after leaving Egypt, the fallen angels, and the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah. This is not a good company to be in.---More on Jude later.