Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 30, 2020 • 33 Comments
The road is long, with many a winding turn That leads us to who knows where, who knows when. But I’m strong, strong enough to carry him. He ain’t heavy. He’s my brother. – Bobby Scott (1937-1990) & Bob Russell (1914-1970), from “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” (1969) If people were nothing more than... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 23, 2020 • 76 Comments
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword. His truth is marching on! – Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1862)... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 16, 2020 • 66 Comments
Oh Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed. – Carl Boberg (1859-1940), From “How Great Thou Art” (1885) The Gospel teachings of Jesus are the simplest and most effective way... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 09, 2020 • 46 Comments
Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells me so; Little ones to Him belong; They are weak, but He is strong. – William B. Bradbury (1816-1868), from “Jesus Loves Me” (1862) The biggest handicap all of us face in seeking to know the genuine God is the fact that the historical Jesus... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 02, 2020 • 65 Comments
I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses, And the voice I hear falling on my ear, The Son of God discloses… – C. Austin Miles (1868–1946), from “In the Garden” (1913) The more we learn about reality, the more we realize it is one seamless whole. There is... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 25, 2020 • 41 Comments
Disaster is the mother of good fortune. There is so much comfort in the usual, and so much risk in anything that’s new, That our lives plod into the grave without our noticing their passage Unless some fortunate tragedy blunders in our way. One of the loveliest things about humankind is our zesty adaptability, our... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 18, 2020 • 46 Comments
And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them. – (Isaiah 11:6) Ascribed to the Prophet Isaiah (8th Cen BC) We have talked at length about what Jesus... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 11, 2020 • 30 Comments
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus… Behold, two men suddenly stood near them in... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 04, 2020 • 69 Comments
One of the criminals who were hanged there was saying, “ Save Yourself and us!” The other was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.” – Jesus’s Crucifixion, from the Gospel of Luke (LK... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 28, 2020 • 54 Comments
“If you hold to My teaching, you are really My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – Jesus, from the Bible’s Gospels (JN 8:31-32) You may be surprised to see me fighting so hard to safeguard the evidence-based truth about death and the afterlife from efforts to... Read More
