Many people see our world living in sin. As soon as Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, sin entered into the world. (Genesis 3:1-7) Sin breaks us. We are a broken people. Our hearts are broken by sin. We are not even sad about it! Continue reading
I grew up not knowing I sinned and “fell short of the glory of God”. I did not know I was “dead in sin”. Also, I did not know of God’s gift through his Son, Jesus. Because I was hearing impaired, even while wearing a hearing aid, I did not appreciate church. My family took me to church. I could not understand the Preacher from where we sat. So I was bored with church. Continue reading
I was about 5 years old. My mother and I stood at the front door to our home. We could see, and hear, the storm. There was lightning and thunder. It was totally amazing that I could hear something. I heard thunder! I was learning I could hear some things. Not much, but some things. I also saw lightning and thunder as part of a world I wanted to know more about. It gave me an interest in science, and learning how the world was made. Continue reading
Paul is one of the leaders of the first generation of Christians. He was an Apostle. He was trained as a tentmaker, and as a Pharisee he persecuted Christians. But Christ changed him on the “Road to Damascus” (1 Corinthians 9:1). Paul went from helping to persecute Christians to becoming one of the greatest leaders of the early Church. Continue reading
Understanding we are only “clay jars” is a reminder that God created us the way we are when we were born. I was later made a believer when God used my future wife to witness to me about how He worked in her life, and that He also loved me. He made me deaf from birth, and He gave me a future, deaf wife. Continue reading
Well, we took up the challenge to migrate from free to paid status. Paying for blog site hosting we get more features. Our new url is now “rosegarden.blog”. Hope you like our changes as we make them. God will guide us and we would appreciate prayers for a “smooth sailing” process. Thanks!
I’ve updated this post to include three more Bible Translations: NET, ESV and LEB. For these translations, you can quote verses as long as it’s not for profit making. Other, more usual restrictions include limiting the amount of quoting, and to attribute any quotes to their translation by adding, for example (NET) at the end of your quote from that translation. It’s good practice to always include the Bible Translation, even for the venerable King James Version (KJV). Continue reading
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