Pastor Lester Bentley

Tag: God

  • The Universal God

    The Universal God

    The modern world has lost touch with the text describing the beginning. This absence of context has caused the seventh day in many ways to become an ideological and theological orphan. What makes matters worse is that is over the last two centuries, the worldview of the Bible’s readers has dramatically shifted. Most have adopted…

  • In The Beginning, There was Seven

    In The Beginning, There was Seven

    It is hard to imagine a more auspicious beginning for the seventh day than the one put forward in the first book of the Bible. “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and He rested on the…

  • The Mustard Plant

    The Mustard Plant

    The Bible fascinates me. Whenever I study its pages, I learn more. It is like the layers of an onion.  With each layer, new aromas of beauty are encountered, often bringing tears of joy to my eyes.  Matthew 13:31-32 is one of these passages. It was Sabbath, Jesus is engaged in conversation with the Pharisees…