As a city wall can be breached by foes, so can our spiritual defenses. Today’s verse made me ponder why God didn’t consider Jeremiah and Ezekiel spiritual bridges. That wasn’t their job. They were termed proclaimers, not repairers. They told folks what was…
Walking in the Spirit is the only way to be truly free, and the first fruit of the Spirit is love.
“All of us have knowledge” must have been another term that the Corinthian church used a lot to explain why they ate meat that had been given to idols. It was…
The church in Corinth had split into different groups, and each one said it was the best and best of all. Paul got to the bottom of what was wrong. They weren’t following the Spirit. Jest and fights are sure signs of a sexual life. Both come from nature’s old…
Paul may have understood grace better than anyone else who ever lived. Christians were killed because God called him to be an evangelist. He wrote a lot of the New Testament. He made clear to the church many of the core beliefs of our faith, but he also left room for people…
Dr. Gary R. Habermas highlights three significant events that most scholars universally acknowledge. Our Savior laid down His life on the cross. (2) His followers had faith that He triumphed over death, and (3) even those who opposed Him acknowledged His resurrection. One of…
Everything about the Lord is summed up in His name. When the Bible talks about a person’s name, like “the name of Jesus,” it means what we can see about that person’s character. Jesus said in this line that God gave Him His name, YHWH, which is what…
After Jesus began His ministry with His baptism by John, the Spirit of God guided Him into the wilderness to face temptation from the devil. It’s important to remember the cautionary note often seen in car commercials: “Professional driver – closed course.
When Jesus moved to Capernaum, he settled in the house of Peter. Approximately one block away from where we were, the synagogue was located. There is still evidence of the foundation of that particular synagogue in existence today. During the time that Jesus was teaching…
Luke 2:34-35
34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts…