Names, Labels, and Titles

Here’s a Biblical example of a label that carries a negative degrading tone. John 1:47 records the event when Philip found Nathanael and told him they had found the One whom the prophets had written about – Jesus of Nazareth! Nathanael’s flat response was, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”

Called out of Darkness – Part I

I was terrified of the thick darkness. I heard the siren as only a faint sound like it was far, far off in the distance. I wanted to get to that sound, but it was so dark, I did not know where it was. Thick darkness engulfed me, and I could barely hear the sound anymore. Death’s door was opened.

Perpetrators of Darkness

I delighted to hear the “lumberjack” had discovered that four red oaks, a hackberry, a cherry, and a birch tree had survived!  They still had their amor on or they surely would have been destroyed by the bullies.