Estén atentos
1 »El reino de los cielos será entonces como diez jóvenes solteras que tomaron sus lámparas y salieron a recibir al novio. 2 Cinco de ellas eran insensatas y cinco, prudentes. 3 Las insensatas llevaron sus lámparas, pero no se abastecieron de aceite. 4 En cambio, las prudentes llevaron vasijas de aceite junto con sus lámparas. 5 Y como el novio tardaba en llegar, […]
Be watchful
1 "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten young women took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them […]
God gathers
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Photo by David Fanuel on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Dios reúne
2 Que lo digan los redimidos del Señor, a quienes redimió del poder del adversario,3 a quienes reunió de todos los países, de oriente y de occidente, del norte y del sur. Fotografía de David Fanuel en Unsplash. Diseño gráfico de Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
New Anabaptist Communities
Last summer I spent two weeks teaching at the Meserete Kristos Church’s seminary in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. While in Ethiopia I learned of the denomination’s growth plans, which involve attracting thousands of new members and initiating many new congregations. I also visited what I was told was a “small” church with a few hundred attendees (among […]
El principal mandamiento
34 Entonces los fariseos, oyendo que había hecho callar a los saduceos, se reunieron de común acuerdo. 35 Y uno de ellos, intérprete de la ley, preguntó por tentarlo, diciendo: 36 Maestro, ¿cuál es el gran mandamiento en la ley? 37 Jesús le dijo: Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma, y con […]
Greatest commandment
34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, an expert in the law, asked him a question to test him. 36 "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" 37 He said to him, " ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your […]
Lo que es de Dios
19 Mostradme la moneda del tributo. Y ellos le presentaron un denario. 20 Entonces les dijo: ¿De quién es esta imagen, y la inscripción? 21 Le dijeron: De César. Y les dijo: Dad, pues, a César lo que es de César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios. Icono de paraguas de Freepik – Flaticonen. Icono de paraguas de NajmunNahar […]
The things that are God’s
19 Show me the coin used for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. 20 Then he said to them, "Whose head is this and whose title?" 21 They answered, "Caesar’s." Then he said to them, "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s." Umbrella […]
Qué nos distrae
1 Tomando Jesús la palabra, les volvió a hablar en parábolas, diciendo: 2 El reino de los cielos es semejante a un rey que preparó un banquete de bodas para su hijo; 3 y envió a sus siervos a llamar a los convidados a las bodas; mas éstos no quisieron venir. 4 Volvió a enviar otros siervos, diciendo: Decid […]
What distracts us?
1 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2 "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. 4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been […]
God’s law
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul;the decrees of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple; Photo by Lynda Hollinger-Janzen. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.