by debracelovsky | Aug 18, 2022 | One Year Bible, Word
Arrival In A.D. 51, a ship just arrived from Athens sailed into the blue waters of the Saronic Bay. A man disembarked, facing an eight-mile walk to the city of Corinth. He was alone—and disheartened. Paul’s time in Athens had been uncharacteristically...
by debracelovsky | Jul 18, 2022 | One Year Bible, Word
Pay attention to the vital few. . .. John Paul DeJoria, American entrepreneur At Festus’ command, Paul was brought in. The Acts of the Apostles 25:23 The Setting, Acts 24 It is a massive complex on the Mediterranean coast, completed in 9 B.C. Caesarea Maritima :...
by debracelovsky | Jun 21, 2022 | One Year Bible, Word
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:11a Behind our property is a twelve acre parcel that was originally owned by a winemaking couple in the nineties and operated as a plant nursery. It was sold some years ago to Amir *, a self-described...
by debracelovsky | Jun 14, 2022 | One Year Bible, Prayer, Word
Question: How do you teach kids about Christians being killed for their faith? Yet another coincidence. Early June in the OYB means the Book of Acts. The second week of June means the martyrdom of Stephen. It’s my week in the Sunday School teaching rotation for...
by debracelovsky | May 21, 2022 | One Year Bible, Word
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul. Hannah More, 18th c. English writer It was a beautiful spring morning as our group left Jerusalem and drove north up...
by debracelovsky | Apr 21, 2022 | Travel, Word
There is on my desk a small metal picture frame given to me by a dear friend, with these words: Write the vision and make it plain. While the balance of the verse says, that he may run who reads it, the Hebrew meaning is actually, that he may read fluently and...
