A Weekly Blog from Paul Sartarelli
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” [Matthew 6:21] For years, I read that in the opposite direction: If I really love something, then I will invest my money into it. Jesus tells us, if you want…
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For the day of the Lord is near,against all the nations.As you have done, it will be done to you;what you deserve will return on your own head. [Obadiah 1:15] I found myself rummaging through the Minor Prophets last week. With…
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When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me, till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. [Psalm 73:14] Asaph the psalmist watched in dismay as the wicked prospered and life in general…
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Very early the next morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. [Mark 1:35] The “next morning” after what? The next morning after an extremely busy and…
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“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me…
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He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. [Psalm 103:10] Aren’t you glad for that?! It sure goes contrary to our way of thinking. Commit a crime, do the time. You reap…
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“Happy are the poor, the mourners, the hungry, the thirsty…” (Jesus’ Sermon(s) on the Mount) The Cambridge Dictionary defines a paradox as a “situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics.” In…
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