10: Two Kinds of Spiritual Thresholds

10: Two Kinds of Spiritual Thresholds

There are two main words for threshold in Hebrew. One relates to an ordinary entrance: good, blessed and essentially holy. The other describes a doorway that is defiled, unholy and treacherous. The first word, ‘kaph’, is the ordinary threshold. I introduced ‘kaph’ in...
9: Passover – invitation to covenant

9: Passover – invitation to covenant

The Passover is a prophetic foreshadowing of the most significant threshold event in all history: the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth from the dead. The first Passover was celebrated in Egypt at the end of four hundred years of slavery. God gave the directions for...
8: Threshold Rites and Legends

8: Threshold Rites and Legends

Welsh legend tells the story of the semi-divine hero, Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who cannot be killed during the day or the night, neither indoors nor outdoors, neither riding nor walking, neither clothed nor naked, nor by any weapon lawfully made. A lot like Samson, whose...
7: Prayer 1

7: Prayer 1

Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. May it be kept holy by our mediator, Jesus of Nazareth, as we present our thanks and petitions to You. We ask Him to sanctify our words so they ascend to You as a chaste, wafting fragrance. May coals from Your heavenly altar...
6: The Conception of the Church

6: The Conception of the Church

In the last episode of Grace Drops, I spoke on the importance of threshold stones as altars. If you’d like to read more on this topic, please download the free book by Henry Clay Trumbull right here. At the end of the nineteenth century, just as the sacrificial rites...