Arrival
If someone were to ask me what I thought of the movie Interstellar, I would enthusiastically speak of some of my favourite parts and tell them how much I had enjoyed the movie. I would give a few outstanding quotes and finish off with the spiritual meaning of those quotes. Recently, a friend asked me…
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Big Picture
Song-writers can be keen social commentators that help us see the bigger picture of issues in our world. They may comment in cryptic and sometimes crude ways, but it is worthwhile hearing what they say. The Eagles wrote and performed a song for the 2007 album, Long Road Out of Eden. The lyrics of “Frail…
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Pearls of Great Price
(Click on this image to enlarge.) Beautiful white “pearls,” some the size of Earth, are visible in the clouds of Jupiter. The pearls are storms but appear as a string of pearls in the clouds. Juno, a project of NASA, is currently orbiting the planet and sent back the accompanying colour photos. An article with further explanation…
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Celebrate This Heartbeat
I have previously sung the praises of Randy Stonehill and in particular the Welcome to Paradise album of 1976. A recently performed Living Room Concert streamed live on Facebook reminded me of his 1984 album Celebrate This Heartbeat. The title song reminds us that every day is a gift from the Lord. I encourage you…
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Substitution
“For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.” – John Stott, The Cross…
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