Parousia and Our Citizenship in Heaven

Interesting, especially in regard to "parousia" (the Second Coming of King Jesus the Messiah) and our "citizenship" in heaven.

Listening at the Cross

This is the music of my brother, Gary Doles, and the artwork of his wife, Jan Richardson, for a wonderful Lenten reflection. The song is called, "This Crown of Thorns."

Faith Cloud

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A word cloud of Hebrews 11 ~ the Hall of Fame of Faith.

The Love Cloud

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A word cloud of 1 Corinthians 13, a.k.a. "The Love Chapter."

In the Beginning, Again

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A word cloud of John 1:1-18

In the Beginning

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A word cloud of Genesis 1.

Colossians Word Cloud

This week, at our weekly Bible study, we are beginning a study of Paul's Letter to the Colossians. Here is a word cloud I just made. Words that appear more frequently are larger.

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Here is what the Colossians cloud looks like from the Greek text

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The Sermon of Heaven on Earth

This word cloud is generated on the text of the Sermon on the Mount (I call it the Sermon of Heaven on Earth). The words that are most prominent are the words that are most frequently used. For example, notice here: Father, heaven, whoever, kingdom, blessed.

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Walking Barefoot

Here is a word cloud generated from my book, Walking Barefoot: Living in Prayer, Faith and the Power of God. What is interesting about word clouds is that they are generated according to word frequency in a document. Words that occur more frequently appear larger in the cloud.

There is an interesting effect that occurs here with red, blue and green on a field of black. The red stands off the page a little bit. Click the image above for to see this more prominently.

Praying With Fire

Here is a word cloud generated from my book, Praying With Fire: Living in Prayer, Faith and the Power of God. What is interesting about word clouds is that they are generated according to word frequency in a document. Words that occur more frequently appear larger in the cloud.

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The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth

This is a word cloud I created for my book, The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth: Keys to the Kingdom of God in the Gospel of Matthew. What is interesting about word clouds is that they are generated according to word frequency in a document. Words that occur more frequently appear larger in the cloud.

Sixty-Six Word Clouds for the Word

This clip shows the "word cloud" for each book of the Bible. Pause and ponder.

A Little Coltrane in the Night

More Conversational Hebrew

Here is a link for learning more conversational Hebrew, including greetings, prepositions, questions, colors, days of the week, months of the year, and numbers. Also, Hebrew words that are useful for shopping, dining and in first aid emergency. Much more. Very helpful.

(Ivrit is the Hebrew word for "Hebrew.")

Imagine

Imagine reading my books on your iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Kobo, Nook or smartphone. Because you don't just have to imagine it ~ you can do it. All our books are now available in ePub, Kindle and PDF here.

Apps are available for iPads, iPhones and smartphones to read all these formats.

BTW, Amazon has just dropped the price of its Kindle to $189 ~ and that includes FREE 3G. More info ...

Books in 60 Seconds ~ Even in Bright Sunlight!

Amazon has been advertising for a while about how, with the Kindle reader, you can download books in 60 seconds (over their free 3G wireless network). It also has a long battery life (up to one week on a single charge). It also now reads PDFs (that's a new feature, I think). And the Kindle books are also accessible on the Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone and other smartphones.

But here is where they stand out from iPad, and what they highlight in the video below: They are easy to read ~ even in bright sun light!


You can find out more about it here (they've just cut the price to $189).
 

BTW, did I tell you that all my books are now available in Kindle? Yeah, and if you have a Kindle reader (or a Kindle app for your iPhone or iPad), you can be reading them in 60 seconds.