Jun 24, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
When it comes to discernment, we are and should be like the mysticeti. What are the mysticeti? Some sort of mystical magi? Not at all… that’s just the technical name for our friends, the baleen whales. I believe that with those great baleen strainers of...
Jun 21, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
Ratanak means precious stone or gem in the Khmer language. In this case Ratanak was the name of a little girl who, in late 1989, lay in a hospital in north west Cambodia. As her mother looked on, the doctors tried to save her life. There was no medication or medical...
Jun 11, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
Clarence Bauman, The Sermon on the Mount: The Modern Quest for its Meaning (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1985).Reflective Review by Brad Jersak Introduction In recent months I have been saturating myself in the Red Letters of my Bible. The words, the teachings,...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
Amazing the firestorm that one word creates. Hence, the Apostle James’ exhortation to tame the tongue which, though small, can be the spark that ignites a forest fire. And again his warning that not many should be teachers for the greater judgment they will incur....
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
For the last decade, I have given much time and ink to the importance of “Tuning in to the God who speaks.” Mainly, this has involved encouraging Christians to take seriously God’s promise, “When you call on me, I will answer you,” (Jer. 33:3) and Jesus’ own...
