Musings of a Recovering Lutheran

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and a...

And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. And they co...

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, ...

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest the...

And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cu...

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gros...

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 (KJV)

Sally Scott of the WAVES , by Roy J. Snell, Hedwig Jo Meixner.

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Isaiah 40:29 (KJV)

The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the stor...

Bosom Friends , by Angela Brazil.

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. Psalm 29:3 (KJV)

Nasir Saeed writes about blasphemy laws. Key quote: A Christian prisoner, Qamar David, who was serving a life sentence for blasphemy ...

There's a Boy in Here , by Judy & Sean Barron.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Psalm 90:4 (KJV)

Nancy Dale: Army Nurse , by Ruby Lorraine Radford.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17...

I ran across this yesterday, and my sides still hurt from laughing so much. I have never seen a better explanation why the Star Wars franch...

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 1 John 2:22 (KJV)

City of God: Premonition , by Randy Ingermanson.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband ...

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before h...

The Girl with Seven Names , by Hyeonseo Lee.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying...

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord c...

Hillary: The Other Woman , by Dolly Kyle.

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing wa...

The Egg and I , by Betty MacDonald.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter ...

The Maid's War , by Jeff Wheeler.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found wit...

Athabasca , by Alistair MacLean.

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name ...

When Broken Glass Floats , by Chanrithy Him.

Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall r...

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, ...

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Psalm 40:4 (KJV)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 (KJV)

Abandoned: The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition , by Alden Todd.