by gdrasal | Mar 4, 2024 | Immanuel Beacon
Jesus’ simple question of “Can I have a drink?” transformed an entire village. Ofcourse, the water Jesus was talking about didn’t come out of the ground, or a faucet.It was him, the source of LIVING WATER. Regular water can be that powerful too, andalso transform a...
by gdrasal | Feb 26, 2024 | Immanuel Beacon
We have all been asked “loaded questions.” You know, the ones where no matter whatyour answer is, it won’t be right- or it will get you into trouble. “Does this dress makeme look fat?” (No good answer). “Is that woman prettier than me?” (“No”. “Oh, soyou think she is...
by gdrasal | Feb 19, 2024 | Immanuel Beacon
The 3D experience led movies to a new level of excitement. With much anticipation, I slipped on the cardboard glasses with the blue and red plastic lenses.These “masterpieces” of technology promised to add depth to the usual heightand width to the two-dimensional...
by gdrasal | Feb 12, 2024 | Immanuel Beacon
“What/Whatever” are very versatile words. Depending upon context and tone they canmean very different things.“Whatever” can be the cry of futility or defiance by a person at their wits end. Everheard a teenager scream “WHATEVER!”? It can also be an anthem of...
by gdrasal | Feb 5, 2024 | Immanuel Beacon
The inspiration for the mega successful Nike marketing campaign, “Just Do It” (that launched in 1988), came from an unusual event. A convicted criminal was facing his death. In the face of fear and uncertainty he told his executioner “Let’s just do it.” When Dan...
by gdrasal | Jan 29, 2024 | Immanuel Beacon
The Bobby Fuller Four recorded a song in 1966. The Clash did a cover of it in 1979. The song is “I Fought the Law and the Law Won.” Rock-n-Roll history is full of songs that talk about fighting against “the law.” Jesus also spoke on several occasions about fighting...
by Immanuel | Jan 22, 2024 | Immanuel Beacon
It’s so HARD? It takes so much time? I don’t like to read? It’s not always fun? There are other things I want to do? We all have the excuses for why we don’t do the hard things when it comes to our walk with Christ. I bet almost every one of them boils down to one...
by Immanuel | Jan 15, 2024 | Immanuel Beacon
You hear it in gyms, on courts, on fields and in the weight room: “NO PAIN, NO GAIN.”Athletically, if you want to grow bigger, stronger, and faster you must experiencethe pain of doing hard things. You must put those muscles under tension; push themuntil it hurts. If...
by Immanuel | Jan 8, 2024 | Immanuel Beacon
I read the following… Hard times make strong men, Strong men make good times, Good times make weak men, Weak men make hard times. History certainly bares this out. One of the labels thrown at people in our day is… “You are soft.” While many times the accusation hurled...
by Immanuel | Dec 18, 2023 | Immanuel Beacon
We all love angels, especially at Christmas time. We dress our children in white robes,place a halo above their heads and put them on a pedestal telling them to standstill and smile. While that is cute and adorable, it is not really Biblically accurate. In the...
