by rogerjsimpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Meditation
This phrase from Psalm 23 is so serene and peaceful that it evokes Heavenly Paradise, a place of rest from all our labors here on Earth. Prior to this restful bliss, one assumes that the sheep have been fed the nourishing word of God as found in the scriptures. The...
by rogerjsimpson | Nov 5, 2022 | Meditation
Some of the most tender scriptures about the Lord refer to him as a Shepherd. Not in the sense of Ezekiel’s neglectful and ravenous false shepherds, but in the sense of the kindest of sheepherders. Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life...
by rogerjsimpson | Nov 5, 2022 | Meditation
HASHEM is the respectful way to mention God or Yahweh in everyday speech in Modern Hebrew. It literally means “The Name”. Of the 6000 times Yahweh is spelled out in the Hebrew Bible, it is read as Adonai when reading the Bible out loud, showing respect for God’s holy...
by rogerjsimpson | Oct 2, 2022 | Meditation
Nothing escapes God’s attention, not even a bird falling to the ground.[i] He is ever mindful of us, His children so beloved by Him but so wandering. All we like sheep have gone astray, each to his or her own way.[ii] We live in a fallen world, so dangerous, yet so...
by rogerjsimpson | Sep 25, 2022 | Meditation
We often hear of the “joy of the saints”. But what is it? In whom or what shall our joy be focused? How do we obtain it and keep it in our hearts? The Angel announced Christ’s birth to the lowly shepherds watching the temple sheep saying: “And the angel said unto...
by rogerjsimpson | Jun 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
John said: “Therefore, in the beginning the Word was, for he was the Word, even the messenger of salvation—The light and the Redeemer of the world; the Spirit of truth, who came into the world, because the world was made by him, and in him was the life of men and the...
by rogerjsimpson | Jun 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Jesus told Nicodemus that “except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.”[i] What is being born of the Spirit? John the Baptist said of this process of being purified by the fire of the Holy Ghost: “I indeed baptize you with...
by rogerjsimpson | Jun 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
“And go ye out from among the wicked. Save yourselves. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.”[i] So has the Lord God commanded priesthood holders to always be clean as in ancient Jewish times. In ancient Israel the High Priests were baptized prior to entering...
by rogerjsimpson | Jun 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”[i] His invitation to “Come, follow me” is not just an invitation to believe in Him, but a call for walking in His footsteps, saying the things He said, doing the...
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by rogerjsimpson | Jun 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Jesus Christ was lifted up on the cross in order to draw all men unto him at the last day, the day of judgment. Jesus said: “And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross; and after that I had been lifted up upon the cross, that I might draw all men...
