Bible at Home

When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” “Woman, why do yo involve me?,” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:3-4) One of the most beautiful and wonderful stories of Jesus is the story…

The apostle Peter had just stood with the apostle John near the Temple gate in Jerusalem, and, in the name of Christ Jesus, healed a man who had been lame from birth. It caused a sensation, as the man was well known as a beggar at the temple; and so Peter and John attracted a…

C.S Lewis was called upon in 1941 by the Royal Air Force of Great Britain to instruct the airmen in Christianity. “The airmen have a tour of duty that lasts thirty missions,” Lewis was told by the Chaplain. “they must get very relieved when their tour is completed,” responded Lewis. “On average, the Chaplain paused,…

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts. (2 Corinthians 3:3) St. Paul had visited Corinth, a city in Greece, and preached and ministered for a…

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” ( Luke 11:1) Jesus didn’t tell his disciples to prepare their hearts, or to remember scripture, or to fast in preparation for their prayer. Jesus…

Between 34th Street and 39th Street on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, New York, is an area designated the Garment District if New York. That stretch is also called Fashion Avenue. When my daughter Stephanie, living in New York City, was searching for a wedding dress, she and I headed for Seventh Avenue. It had small…

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. . . ( Proverbs 3:5-6) Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim; so David inquired of the Lord, and He answered, “Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack…

In his Spiritual Diary, Pope St. John Paul II wrote that “The Scriptures are the library of the heart” for Christians. When I read that, it resonated with me, because of the rich and wonderful variety of material the Scriptures contain, that deals with the deepest concerns of human souls; and though very deep, the…

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, all patriarchs of the Hebrew people, were shepherds by occupation. They each acquired wealth and status in their worlds, and were each the early “chosen” ones of God. Their descendants would receive the distinction of this “chosenness,” and multiply into a nation: Israel. The prophet Hosea, speaking for the Lord God,…

When my parents bought the house where I grew up, my mother found in the cellar, on a dusty shelf, a glass toothpick holder which looked as if it might be an antique. She brought it upstairs to the kitchen, washed it, and left it on the kitchen table. That afternoon one of her cousins…