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 Israelites have wandered in the wilderness, and they begin to complain, at first among themselves and then against Moses and God. God sends...
Blessed are those who walk with other upright people. They delight in God, and he helps them to walk the path that he has...
The writer of James reminds us that we ask for things for the wrong reason. When we draw near to God and are more...