The National Day of Prayer to take place on Thursday, May 2, 2024
By Steven Brodsky
… This land needs much healing.
2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
2024 National Prayer – National Day of Prayer Task Force
Did you know that the National Day of Prayer was established by law?: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/119
Posted 4-26-24
In a proper season
By Steven Brodsky
… appeared this frog (and the shadow it cast upon a lotus leaf):
Photo by Steven Brodsky
Ecclesiastes 3 KJV (biblehub.com)
Posted 4-25-24
To take us into the weekend
By Steven Brodsky
… two Crowder songs and a link to a page at GotQuestions.org:
What does the Bible say about music? | GotQuestions.org
Some of this column’s readers will be singing praise songs this weekend!
Posted 4-19-24
‘O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?’ – 1 Corinthians 15:55
By Steven Brodsky
… This video is embedded here especially for the miracle children who regularly visit the sections of the Entertainment, Culture and More column:
Posted 4-10-24
The darkness that will take place during today’s (April 8, 2024) solar eclipse
By Steven Brodsky
… brings to mind the three hours of daytime darkness that occurred while Jesus was on the cross.
Matthew 27:45 KJV: “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”
This brief article isn’t dark (keep reading).
John 8:12 KJV: “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
About John 8:12: https://www.gotquestions.org/light-of-the-world.html.
Posted 4-8-24
A life that is proof of what God can do
By Steven Brodsky
You may know people who’ve experienced God-enabled transformation similar to the kind that Stephen McWhirter sings about in “My Life Is Proof.”
I do.
Matthew 19:26 KJV: “But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”
Posted 4-4-24
In the shape of a cross
By Steven Brodsky
… These sections of tree trunks were noticed and photographed on Palm Sunday:
Photo by Steven Brodsky
Posted 3-26-24
It wasn’t you, nor was it me
By Steven Brodsky
… who made this tree:
Photo by Steven Brodsky
“Trees,” by Joyce Kilmer: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/12744/trees.
The tree was photographed yesterday.
The Joyce Kilmer poem was published in August 1915.
About Joyce Kilmer: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/joyce-kilmer.
Posted 3-25-24
‘I have a future and it’s worth the living’
By Steven Brodsky
… a line from the lyrics of “Made For More” that pairs nicely with Jeremiah 29:11: Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. (biblehub.com).
Some of this column’s readers will be “singing hallelujah” this weekend.
Have a great weekend!
Posted 3-1-24
Need a reminder that the battle has already been won?
By Steven Brodsky
… If you do, you’ve come to the right place.
Psalm 63:4: “Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.”
Posted 2-19-24
Snow fell today
By Steven Brodsky
… in many areas of the northeastern part of the U.S., and on these shrubs:
Photo by Steven Brodsky
Photo by Steven Brodsky
The freshly fallen snow brings to mind Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Posted 2-13-24
Just as we are
By Steven Brodsky
One or more of these three songs and the invitation that underlies them will resonate with a number of Entertainment, Culture and More readers:
Just As I Am (youtube.com)
Crowder – Come As You Are (Music Video) (youtube.com)
Just As I Am (youtube.com)
Revelation 3:20 KJV: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
Posted 1-21-24
‘But the cross says they’re wrong’
By Steven Brodsky
… thankfully.
Posted 12-4-23
‘A Man Called Norman’
By Steven Brodsky
… referenced here three years ago, is a story of kindness and faith.
Enjoy “A Man Called Norman”:
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/broadcast/a-man-called-norman-part-1-of-2/
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/broadcast/a-man-called-norman-part-2-of-2/
Consider sharing the above links with others during this holiday season.
Posted 11-27-23
Jelly Roll’s ‘Need A Favor’
By Steven Brodsky
Update: Jelly Roll has won the 2023 CMA Award for New Artist of the Year.
Do yourself a favor, watch this video:
Grace has been defined as unmerited favor.
Posted 8-23-23, Updated 11-10-23
‘Be still’
By Steven Brodsky
Photo by Steven Brodsky