Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

The Look That Defeats All Temptation

LUKE 22:54-62 – Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house, and Peter was following at a distance. And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely…

The God Who Knows Sorrow

MATTHEW 26:37–38 – And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”   THEME OF THE DAY.  THE GOD WHO KNOWS SORROW.  The Christian faith has many distinguishing characteristics from all the other religions…