God promises to send a forerunner to the Messiah, who will prepare the way by cleansing the people as a refiner would use fire or fuller’s soap. Being purified is not an easy task for the refiner or for the person who is being refined. But it offers us a chance to be free of our sins and evil ways and to have room for new and glorious growth in God.
As a young child, I thought of God as a teacher who kept track of the good and the bad. However, when I became...
How good it is to be able to come to God’s house and worship him. We do not have to come under the cover...
The Psalmist tells that God gives ear to him whenever he calls. He praises God for being full of compassion and declares that he...
