Exodus 30:11-16 The LORD said to Moses, 12 "When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them. 13 Each one who is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
At one point of Jesus’ ministry, he found that his own disciples had acted without faith. They had attempted to heal a young man and failed (Matthew 17:14-20). Even though they had previously been given authority to do so (Matthew 10:8),...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 17:10-13 And the disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?" 11 He answered, "Elijah does come, and he will restore all things. 12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 16:26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Humans are finite creatures. We also have a finite understanding and perspective of life. In other...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Matthew 16:20 Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. Why would Jesus tell his disciples not to tell others that he was the Messiah? When we hear phrases like this from Jesus, we can’t help but wonder...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Most of us understand that leaven (or yeast) is an agent used in baking to help bread to rise. If anyone has ever baked bread before, you will understand the process. You mix a very small portion of active yeast into flour and after kneading it,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As we look back on the year of 2020, it’s hard not to think about the panic and desperation. Perhaps you recall the scenes of makeshift hospitals in New York’s Central Park and morgues overflowing to trucks in hospital parking lots....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Many people who read through the bible in a year arrive at Leviticus and find that looming temptation to skip reading one rule after the other that seems to have no relevance to our life today. If you are one of those people, firstly, you are not...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As you read through the gospels, you come across a repeated statement from Jesus that seems to regard the disciples in a negative light. Jesus says to his disciples, “O you of little faith.” There are also times when this is followed...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This week there was some controversy over a popular pastor who used an expletive term in his message. He was doing so during a call for Christians to live and speak their Christian convictions about some of the anti-biblical agendas in our current...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
