Author Archives: Jim H

This is a short encounter, but packed with information. We find out her lineage and history of being in the temple as often as she could. She was blessed to be named in the Gospel of Luke and knew the importance of who Jesus was and is.

Sorry I haven’t posted in several days – just doing other things when I should have been doing this. Anyway, today we meet Simeon. When he speaks, he tells that Jesus is “a light for the revelation of the Gentiles” as well as for the glory of Israel. From the beginning we know that JesusContinue reading “Simeon”

I’m going to start just posting the Encounter titles here to inform you all that there is a new encounter so I don’t have duplicate posts. So today we get to Joseph, who is Jesus’ step father. An important role as he taught Jesus how to be a carpenter and I’m sure that Jesus excelledContinue reading “Joseph, Step Father of Jesus”

I just did a Google search using “153 fish encounters” and there was this blog at the top of the list. Ok, so it was a search using keywords I knew were here, but it still felt like an accomplishment. I hope that this idea gets out to more people one day as I feelContinue reading “Google found this Blog!”

I pondered including whenever a person was a fish in later parts, but with each of the apostles being part of the catch of 153 fish, I’d end up putting most of the Gospels as part of the encounters. Therefore I’m going to just include when they are introduced and let that be a springboardContinue reading “Other Thoughts”

Luke 1:57-80 And the time of Elizabeth’s delivery was fulfilled, and she bore a son. And the neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord was showing His great mercy to her, and they were rejoicing with her. And it came to pass on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and theyContinue reading “Birth of John the Baptist”

I’m also going to try and include songs by Apologetix relating to the passages of each encounter that I post. The first one is about Mary as they don’t have a song about Zacharias and Elizabeth yet. I’m hoping that I can find videos on Youtube for these songs as well. I think the oneContinue reading “Songs”

Luke 1:39-56 And rising in these days, Mary quickly went to the hill country, to a Judean city. And she entered into the home of Zacharias, and greeted Elizabeth. And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby jumped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled of the Holy Spirit.Continue reading “Elizabeth”

Luke 1:26-38 And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the name of the virgin was Mary. And the angel came to her and said, “Rejoice, favoredContinue reading “Encounter 2 – Mary, Mother of Jesus”

Sorry but no new encounter today. I was involved in an accident where a lady hit the back left corner of my truck. Had to get a new tire and rim to get back on the road but thankfully I don’t have to pay for it. For some reason she was pulling out of aContinue reading “Life Happens”