Why I’m Here

Welcome to my blog, “Before the Fire”! I named it thus because of the significance the story of Moses and the burning bush has for me. The Father God, creator of nature and destroyer of cities, descends to the earth as “a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush.” Moses, naturally, turns…

How Are We to Treat Our Fellow Man?

We Christians bring light to the world by loving every man as we love ourselves. Don’t we? The world has always valued the opposite things that God does. Since the beginning of time, power and honor were awarded very differently by man as opposed to by God. The social order in Jesus’ time was harsh…

Faith and Works

Reflections on James 2:14-26 Faith is an active, living thing – it is not a lucky penny, kept in a pocket as a symbol of one’s salvation. It is an infusion of the Holy Spirit, who permeates every cell in one’s body. A true faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is first a belief in…