JOHN 3:16 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” It is the most powerful force in the world. It is the most needed thing in the world. And it is the number one piece of evidence assuring us we are children of God. This…
JUDGES 17:6 – In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” We were created to be under authority, God’s authority. No human being is exempt from this truth. No one was created to live independent, self-willed, self-made, and absent from being under authority. When a nation, church, family, and life refuse this…
MARK 10:46-52 – And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And many rebuked…
JOHN 12:20-21 – Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Holiness. Likeness to Jesus. Conformity to His character. These are the goals in the Christian life. They are also what the Apostle Paul points to…
JOHN 8:31–32 – So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” I wondered what it would have been like to come to church one Sunday, take our seat in the sanctuary, get settled in for worship,…
MARK 8:1–9 – In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint…