When Jesus spoke through parables to refer to the kingdom of God, he would say things like “The wheat and the tares, the ten bridesmaids (5 wise and 5 foolish), the net (good fish and bad fish)” and we can see that one group will be chosen and another will not.
Just as death entered the world through Adam, eternal life comes through Christ.
Dad was a lay pastor/volunteer to communities where few others wanted to go.
I remember as a kid, every year at Christmas I always expected gifts—at least a toy—especially when I saw my neighbors every year playing with the gifts they had received the night before.
A Christian is a follower of Christ, but when did we become a follower of Jesus?
In Mexico there is a concern for growth in the churches, and strategies are constantly being created for the growth of each congregation.
Flor was a classmate in the seminary; he liked to dance, sing, and talk with others, and he was very tall. He was a brilliant person; I wouldn’t say I wanted to study with him because while we spent hours reading and learning a topic or for an exam or presentation for a class, he only gave a fast reading and a review and went to sleep and all the rest of us stayed working for hours.
Can you imagine that, from one moment to the next, the temples where we seek God were closed?
Reading this part of the letter, I remember Paul mentioning to the Galatian Church that the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.