Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Shepherding One Another

JOHN 10:14–15 – I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  SHEPHERDING ONE ANOTHER.  Today’s scripture is taken from the “Good Shepherd” chapter in John’s gospel.  It is a great place…

The Human Condition Defined

This Lord’s Day morning, we continue our journey through the New Testament book of Romans. The Apostle Paul now brings all of humanity guilty before the bar of God’s justice and does so through scripture. In defining the human condition of guilt before God, we are brought to the truth of our total depravity. We are not just partially depraved. We are dead in sins without any power to reconcile us to the Lord and Paul shows us the depth of depravity.

A Philemon-Like Reputation

PHILEMON 4-7 – I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for…

As Was Jesus’ Custom

LUKE 22:39-42 – And Jesus came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing,…