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…
Author: Rebecca Norvelle
Humbly sharing God's self-revelation, throughout the Bible and within my heart...
I have loved to write since I was a child - I still have my journals dating back through second grade! I never did much with this passion, though, besides edit my friends' papers. It is only in the last few years that I have discovered why God gave me this talent and yet nothing to write about. He was waiting for me. I have believed in God since I was a small child, but it wasn't until recently that I turned my belief into faith. And so, I am on a fascinating and joyous journey as a lifelong acquaintance of the Bible who now has the bright passion of a new believer.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.... For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
John 1:14-18
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…