Tag Archives: God’s love

Ash Wednesday: A Love Story

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Jax Hill

What a happy happenstance that Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday collide today. I want to take you back to Ash Wednesday, 2011, for a delightful (Divine) Love Story … My blog post from back then … For it pleased the … Continue reading →

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Divine Mystery

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Jax Hill

Now we are telling you about this eternal life that was with the Father and appeared to us. (CEV) He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. (NLT) … we have seen it, and bear witness, … Continue reading →

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Face to face with the Savior

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Jax Hill

The life appeared; we have seen it … (NIV) This life came to earth. We saw him … (Worldwide English) What a great, great passage for Easter season. The Life appeared, was manifested, came to earth. The Greek word used … Continue reading →

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That’s life

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Jax Hill

The one who gives life appeared! (CEV) The Word of Life appeared … (MSG) … the Life was manifested … (Young’s Literal Translation) Ah … the one who gives life appeared! Life was manifested. This is such tremendous good news! … Continue reading →

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Finishing Touch

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Jax Hill

… verified it with our own hands … (MSG) … our hands have touched … (KJV) A final thought, I think, about this part of the passage. Scholars say part of John’s purpose with writing  First John was to defeat … Continue reading →

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Very touching

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Jax Hill

… our hands did handle … (Young’s Literal Translation) … our hands handled … (Darby Translation) The story is told of a nun – most often it is told of Mother Teresa, but I heard that it had been told … Continue reading →

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Who touched whom?

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Jax Hill

… and our hands touched this Word. (CEV) … and touched him with our own hands … (NLT) Imagine it … John was writing to us about Jesus, a person he had touched with his own hands. I was talking … Continue reading →

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Made you look

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Jax Hill

… which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at … (NIV) We saw him with our own eyes. We looked at him … (Worldwide English) This interesting juxtaposition of “we saw” and “we looked at” caught … Continue reading →

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Behold!

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Jax Hill

… that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold … (Young’s Literal Translation) … which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon … (KJV) Huh. What about this? That which we … Continue reading →

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See? I told you

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Jax Hill

… that which we have seen with our eyes … (Young’s Literal Translation) But wait. There’s more … Yes, we can see Jesus in the people who surround us, those we’re given a chance to serve, because He said when … Continue reading →

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