Tag Archive for: kingdom of God
I’m Saved. . . Now What?
I dedicated my life to Christ at the age of 17. I was in the garage then, and the (what I now know to be) Holy Spirit caused unexplainable gratefulness to consume me.
ODJ: foretastes of the kingdom
When I was 10 years old, Baskin-Robbins opened a new ice cream store in my neighborhood. It didn’t serve the icy, generic brand of sweet treats that my mom occasionally bought at the grocery store. This was good ice cream—thick and creamy!
Better yet, Baskin-Robbins let its patrons sample their different flavors of ice cream with their iconic pink taste-testing spoons. These
ODJ: the best will come
This week I bought a lot of toilet paper in order to qualify for a partial refund. The refund form told me to address my envelope to “Road to Glory”. Really?
Singer-Songwriter Alarice Tay: Music expresses my worship
1. When did you realise you had a gift in singing and song…
ODJ: stuff of legends
The 2012 film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit tells the story of a band of dwarves seeking to recapture their lost mountain kingdom from an evil dragon.
As Thorin, the dwarf king, lays out his plan to reclaim the long-lost kingdom, an older dwarf named Balin speaks the following discouraging words: “What are we? Merchants, miners, tinkers, toymakers—hardly t
As Thorin, the dwarf king, lays out his plan to reclaim the long-lost kingdom, an older dwarf named Balin speaks the following discouraging words: “What are we? Merchants, miners, tinkers, toymakers—hardly t
ODB: Eureka Stone
In 1867 on a farm in South Africa, 15-year-old Erasmus Jacobs saw a stone glistening in the sun. The shining rock was eventually reported to a neighbor, who wanted to buy it from the family. Not knowing its value, Erasmus’ mother told the neighbor, “You can keep the stone, if you want it.”Eventually, a mineralogist determined the stone to be a 21.25 carat diamond and worth a great sum. It be