Stories from the Sea

The Benediction

The Benediction

  Size: 36x48   I recently read an article about a discovery found in 1980, the same year that I accepted Christ as my Savior. It was a silver amulet found in a cave across from Mt. Zion by Israeli archeologist Gabriel Barkay. Inside the silver-lined capsule was a small rolled up scroll, safely housed for more than 2600 years. It was the Aaronic blessing we know today as Numbers 6:24-26. “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn His face toward you and give...

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Crown Of Thorns

Crown Of Thorns

36”x36”x1.5” Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas   As our nightly routine, Heather or myself will take Bo Diddley on a short walk right before bedtime. This is usually my time to catch up on social media and check the news/weather while Bo gets in his last sniffs for the day. During one of our recent walks I read a notification, “Tonight, a few planets will be brighter than usual in the sky.   Some visible to the naked eye.” As I walked around I lifted my head to survey the night sky above. It was indeed unusually bright with stars. Admiring the...

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Unapproachable Light

Unapproachable Light

Fight the Good Fight of Faith 1 Timothy 6:11-16 But as for you, oh man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of...

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Because

Because

His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For is you possess thsse qualities...

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The Poor

The Poor

16”x20”x.75" Acrylic on canvas  * Framing options available. This is a slender canvas and requires framing.   Before Christ, God gave His people the law so they would have knowledge of sin and become utterly aware of their condition before a holy God. To get a better sense of their powerlessness, He said they needed to make an offering, a pure offering. But offerings meant different things. The two main offerings included a sin offering, or burnt offering, as a gift. The sin offering was intended to humble the people before God. It was atonement for their guilt. The animal...

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