On November 17, 2025, at the age of 88, Rita Joyce Davison (née Lewis) passed away quietly at home in Herselt, Belgium, surrounded by family. Rita was born in Kalispell, Montana, on January 5, 1937. Her parents were Marion and Thelma Lewis, deceased. Rita is survived by her husband of 57 years, Roy Allen Davison, and by their three children:
Romans 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. This is a passage that amazes many Christians. As far as many Christians are concerned, THE reason for being a Christian is personal salvation. So how can Paul say that he would
A lack of purpose is among the greatest faults of our generation. All too often, people do not know why they are here; they do not know the purpose of their lives. This psalmist knows the purpose of his life, and we do well to meditate on his words. The writer’s purpose is to give thanks to the Lord. It
Psalm 91 This psalm is comforting and useful as a devotional reading, but difficult to make into a lesson.There are three voices in this Psalm. In verse 2 note the first-person singular (“I”). In verses 3-13 note the 2nd person singular (“You”). In verses 14-16 this changes to the 3rd person “he.” This Psalm may have been read by three
The Book of Revelation is the culmination and completion of God’s inspired and written self-disclosure over thousands of years of history and writing of Scripture. Looking over the long span of the Bible, we see Jesus is the Spiritual Rock of the Old Testament and the invisible caring Creator. In the Gospels, Christ the Messiah comes in the flesh, incarnate,
The fourth book in the Psalter does not contain as many headings as the other books.Those we do see here are of questionable use in understanding the psalms.We do best to take the inspired text at face value, without recourse to guessing the exact situation of the writer, with or without the help (or hindrance) of the headings. This psalm
Text: Revelation 5 The setting for John’s vision in our passage is found in the previous chapter, whose message is, that all of Heaven is the throne room of God. In that room John saw the throne of God in all of its radiant glory. Around it were 24 thrones with 24 elders clothed in white and crowned with gold.
Revelation describes actions of angels. The great lesson of Revelation is the same vision Elisha’s servant saw: “And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, ‘Alas, my master! What shall we do?’ So he answered, ‘Do not
Introduction Christ’s repeated acts on the Sabbath—healing the sick, forgiving sins, and performing miracles—were not incidental moments of compassion but deliberate demonstrations of divine truth. They revealed that the righteousness of God did not proceed from the Law, nor was it confined within the ceremonial observance of the Sabbath. In fact, through these very acts, Jesus was disclosing that the
It is surprising how many people come to the Lord and His people with serious and distressing troubles. Illness, abuse, difficult family relationships, and low self-esteem plague many. And having grown out of some difficulties, new ones often arise. While we struggle to help people grow and develop, if we’re not careful we can become exhausted ourselves. Peter famously warns,
Text: Mark 3:22-30 Perhaps most of us have had the feeling at some point…that some particular sin that we have committed, has separated us from God and that there is no going back. Kind of like…now I have really done it. God is out of patience and tired of dealing with me? And if we have come to that place,
Jesus’ Letter to His Assembly in Thyatira – Part 3 Part 1 is available at https://gospelherald.org/what-you-have-hold-fast-until-i-come-jesus-letter-to-thyatira / The background in Part 1 helps us understand Jesus’ powerful words and imagery to His people assembled in Thyatira and their application in our lives today. Part 2 is available at https://gospelherald.org/what-you-have-hold-fast-until-i-come/ 4. Jesus’ Consequences As a further gesture of His grace, though
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