Tag: Relationship

  • The Final Word on Slaves Before We begin

    The Final Word on Slaves Before We begin

    The Romans did not deny their slaves all hope of freedom. The law provided for their manumission, or liberation, in various ways. Most commonly, the master took his slave before an official, in whose presence he turned the slave around and pronounced the longed-for words liber esto, “Be free,” and struck him with a rod.…

  • Midweek Devotional: Eating Humble Pie

    Midweek Devotional: Eating Humble Pie

    The Recipe for Humble Pie by Kim Larsen John 13:4 “Jesus arose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.” This action opened…

  • ABC of Prayer: A Critical Spirit

    ABC of Prayer: A Critical Spirit

    A Critical Spirit It seems, we have all done it.  We say we love them and are friends of theirs and then criticize them, and a short time later pray for them.  Or the opposites happens when we pray for someone and then ten minutes later we point a figure at them in anger and…