The New Year is filled with opportunity. Sadly, a disquieted spirit within will cause the opportunities to vanish. A renewed spirit is needed for the new year. Charles Allen writes of the terrible tortures of the Spanish Inquisition. The worst of all was to put a man in a jail cell with the ceiling so …
Category: Mark
Dec 15
The Apocalypse and Advent
Mark 13:24–“But in those days, after that tribulation,the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.” I have been thinking a lot about how Advent is such a counter-cultural season. In the traditional church year, Advent always begins with a verse like Mark 13:24. The reason for that is justice is …
