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.
The Psalmist writes, what are mortals that God is mindful of them? He has made them just a little less than divine and put...
Wind outside - Paul reminds the people that Adam was the first man, and he was fully human. He came from the dust of...
Amos, in a effort to warn the people tells them to seek the Lord and live. He tells them that God plans destruction, but...