TOPIC INDEXJesus Christ (24)

  1. Missing the Point

    book
    10/12/17
    9 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    God created Israel to be the vessel into which he would place both his Law and his Son.

  2. In the Face of Suffering

    book
    09/11/17
    16 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    During my recent trip to visit my daughter and her family, my son-in-law got me hooked on Leah Remini’s A&E show, Scientology and the Aftermath.

  3. Oblivious

    book
    08/08/17
    10 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    I walk in the local mall for exercise several times a week. I purposely avoid weekends and hours when the mall is likely to be crowded because, while I am not a racewalker, I do like to keep up a steady pace as opposed to stopping, starting and inching and this is difficult to achieve even when there are few people around.

  4. No Longer Naked and Ashamed

    book
    06/13/17
    14 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    I recently began seeing a chiropractor for what turned out to be a compressed disc. He took routine x-rays to facilitate his diagnosis, and on the day he was to go over the results with me, I was placed in a conference room to wait for our consultation.

  5. Our Tainted Acts Of Grace

    book
    05/25/17
    9 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    People have often tended, quite wrongly, to view me as saintly. I attribute that undeserved reputation to the fact I have always had a very strong sense of the kind of person I should be.

  6. I, Alone

    book
    04/04/17
    18 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    Last night was one of those nights when I had an unscheduled 3:00 a.m. Life Assessment session.

  7. In Our Time of Need

    book
    12/07/16
    9 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    Have you ever grown despondent from trying so hard to stop behaving in certain destructive ways, but always failing?

  8. Like a Frightened Dog

    book
    10/13/16
    12 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    My husband and I just adopted Duke, a very cute beagle mix, from a nearby shelter. He is about three years old and was found wandering in a park several months ago.

  9. Ask or You Won’t Receive

    book
    07/25/16
    14 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    Years ago a pastor friend of mine who felt betrayed by someone he trusted told me that he was under no biblical obligation to forgive his betrayer unless and until he asked for forgiveness.

  10. The Optimist Must Die

    book
    03/07/16
    9 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    To whatever extent we follow God’s perfect commands we will benefit from following them.

  11. Upside-Down Kingdom

    book
    12/21/15
    5 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    On that night in Bethlehem so long ago, not even your mother who held you in her arms understood that you had come to turn the world upside down in a through-the-looking-glass sort of way.

  12. The King is Dead. Long Live the King!

    book
    12/16/15
    10 mins
    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    While reading Matthew chapter 2 where the story of the Three Kings, Wise Men, or Magi is found, I was captivated by the part King Herod played in the story. Herod, who had befriended Mark Anthony and Octavius, had been given the rule of Palestine and was crowned King of the Jews.