The message of the Messiah’s sacrifice for missing God’s goal (aka sin) and His resurrection (the message that Paul refers …
It is an interesting question. Do I hate evil? Should I hate evil? Am I passionate in my hate for …
Consider this as we start. I know I must adjust my thinking but that is what Jesus always challenges me …
I don’t want Jesus looking at me in anger. That is not a good thing. I don’t want to be …
There are many reasons to be thankful about the wonderful world around us. God is good and in a good …
We honor and respect our governing authorities because they exist by the very will of God. Such respect must be …
God heals. Jesus heals. The word of God teaches us that God is in the healing business. Sometimes we pray …
John calls on the religious and the religious elites to confess missing God’s goal (aka sin) and to be baptized. …
Some days I get excited about the wrong thing. What matters is God’s complete rule in my life. What matters …
Now here is some good news. I can magnify God by glorifying Him. So how does that happen? What is …
Holiness comes from God and specifically the sacrificial death of Jesus for our having missed God’s goal for our lives. …
I have to be careful to not fall into the trap that anything I have is the result of something …
Jesus is the Son of God. That is the main thing about the main thing. There are many messengers of …
Saul is on a mission. It is not a mission for God though. The religious elites were out to destroy …
God is God. God is to be honored and His name is to be revered. This is a shock to …
Jesus warns us in the Jesus Manifesto (Matthew 5 – 7) where we hear Him say “Beware of the false prophets, who come …
Resurrection of my body, after death, will happen. So is the eternal life I have right now as a follower …
We have an amazing God. God is God. God is God of gods. God reigns supreme. I must get that …
There is a big thing I need to start with. It is always the central point. Jesus is the Son …
Things are getting dicey. The fact that the religious elites (scribes and Pharisees) united in this attack and came all …
The religious elites (members of the Sanhedrin) had Stephen killed for following Jesus. Saul (later to become the Apostle Paul) …
God is clear. I must recognize that authority comes from God. This is a foundational principle. I am challenged by …
Something important is going on here that I need to get a handle on. John the baptizer (son of Zechariah) …
I fall into the trap of thinking that if I just follow the rules, I will be seen as good …
Am I scrutinizing Jesus? Am I watching Him carefully to see if He will mess things up? Am I ready …
Jesus is all about forgiveness. That is the reason God sent him to us. I need forgiveness and the good …
Radically changing my mind and how I think/act (aka repent) is called for by John. Jesus will call for it …
Jesus teaches us the great joy that there is in victory and deliverance. We can well understand the joy of …
My dad would say very frequently “There are two things certain in life …. death and taxes”. I think for …
It starts with an argument. Who is going to be the greatest. They were sincere. They all thought they would …
We start with justice. God has chosen His Son Jesus to deliver justice to us all. This will not be …
What Jesus inaugurates is superior to anything that came before it. I can be confident that it is a perfect …
There are many misconceptions about the identity of the Holy Spirit. Some view the Holy Spirit as a mystical force. …
I need to understand God. God has His eyes on me. I may think I am out of sight but …
It is important that I learn from Stephen. He is very important to a disciple of Jesus as he is …
Where should I put my faith? In God? In Jesus? In the Holy Spirit? Yes! Yes! And Yes! “Do not …
Jesus knows me. Jesus knows my heart. Jesus knows my secrets and my longings. Jesus knows everything about me. it …
This is stunning. God Himself spoke. And the message? God is very well pleased with His Son. I can count …
I have a Father in heaven. That is some very good news. I am ecstatic over that. I need to …
Jesus has a message for me. The house of God is a place of prayer, for everyone. It is not …
Jesus is in the confounding business. Jesus knows what He is talking about and that is disconcerting to many. Some …
The glory of God is the beauty of His spirit. It is not an aesthetic beauty or a material beauty, …
I need to watch out. I can be deceived. I can be led astray. Faith can falter and waiver. I …
The Messiah is anticipated by the Jewish people as the Prophet of God. Jesus is that Prophet. Jesus the Messiah …
It is possible to submit outwardly and yet not be humbled inwardly. God hates the sin of pride, and He …
God gives strength to his people. He enables them to be courageous through his gift of faith. God proves himself …
I think I am making a reasonable request of Jesus. It seems logical to me. Surely Jesus will understand. Jesus …
I must prepare myself spiritually to fellowship with God. The Old Testament priest had to go through various washings and …
I want to be a part of the country where Jesus is King (aka the Kingdom of God). I really …
The Jewish people were arguing over Jesus: “Isn’t this the son of Joseph? Don’t we know his father? Don’t we know …
Repentance (radically changing my mind) is of central importance because missing God’s goal (sin) brings God’s judgment. Fellowship with God …
Now here is a good word. God, our most High God, is stunning. So is His Son Jesus. So is …
Jesus likes to ask questions. Jesus wants an answer. Jesus doesn’t answer to me. I answer to Jesus. I need …
We keep looking. We think, someday we will go to heaven. We hold out hope. We trust in lots of …
I want to live long. I want to live well. I want to live long. There is very good news. …
Does Jesus get angry and upset? Jesus the Messiah shows controlled emotion arising from his unswerving opposition to evil and …
And then Jesus met them. Imagine. They had witnessed Jesus being cruelly murdered. They had seen entombed. They came to …
The surprises along the way are God’s surprises. He is never caught off guard or unprepared. He calls me to …
Jesus has to step in to solve a very real problem. That is the way of Jesus. He just doesn’t …
Jesus has just completed a stunning miracle. A man had been disabled for 38 years, unable to walk. Jesus healed …
Family is extremely important in the Bible, both in a physical sense and in a spiritual sense. The foundation of …
God is God. God created the universe and everything we know of. God did it through His word. God just …
Jesus paid the price for my having missed God’s goal (aka sin) for my life. A penalty had to be …
Prove it! The religious elites want “proof”. The atheists clamor for “proof”. Some days, so do I. It is an …
The Holy Spirit convicts me. I miss God’s goal for my life (aka sin) and the Holy Spirit of God …
There is a beginning. God, always and forever God, created everything. The good news is we have Jesus, the very …
Jesus is King of God’s country. Jesus will rule forever and ever. There is no end to His authority. Jesus …
Jesus is first in my life. Jesus is preeminent. Jesus comes before anything else. Let it be so! So, I …
Kings came and went. Kings died. Someone else became King. It could have been a son. It could have been …
I have to guard against being content. Being self-satisfied is dangerous. Neglecting wisdom in my life leads to the destruction …
Jesus is the Son of God. Everyone knows it including the demons Jesus encounters. Satan himself knows it. I know …
Mary gives the servants at the wedding some good advise. I must listen as well. Notice that is is unqualified …
I need to be careful. I need to examine myself and not look at others as missing God’s goal. I …
I want justice. I think we all do deep down inside. Am I ready for the justice that Jesus …
God’s work of salvation is accomplished supremely through the cross and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah. Because of Jesus, I …
I am constantly on the lookout for tornadoes. I live in tornado alley. I used to live in the northeast …
When I see Jesus, I see God the Father. Now that is VERY good news. That is in fact … …
God has spoken to us. It is through His Son Jesus. God did not leave us in the dark. God …
I need to be careful. It is one thing to be a hypocrite. It is another to be pretentious. Pretense …
I need to know about evil. I need to know how to recognize it. Jesus challenges me to recognize …
The claims of atheists are bogus. They deny the authenticity of the New Testament and the clear fact that Jesus …
God is loyal. God is faithful. That is just who God is. It is His very nature. When God says …
I go about my work oblivious of Jesus. I don’t think He is around. I feel abandoned. Where is Jesus …
Here is an easy to understand assessment from J. Warner Wallace. He is a Cold-Case Detective, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for …
I think many followers of Jesus avoid discussing the second coming of Jesus and the rapture. I know I have …
Why am I down in the dumps? King David has lots of good reasons to ask. So do I. I …
Do I know the truth? Do I know Jesus? God wants true worshipers. God wants to be worshiped in Spirit …
This is a very compelling story of the love of Jesus and how it can change our lives. It is …
This is a great question that I hear frequently. I want mercy and grace. I’m thinking atheists, agnostics and skeptics …
Here is some great insight from J. Warner Wallace. Jesus calls on us to go and make disciples. We must …
It is hard to get the issue of being a slave in my mind. In the Greek-speaking world of the first …
I have to be very careful. There many religious leaders who are trying to decieve me. Jesus is warning me. …
This is tough. When a friend betrays us, it is so very painful. I can take it when trolls attack …
I get worn out some days. It happens before the day is even done. Jesus understands. Jesus got worn out …
Many atheists and agnostics attack Christianity on the basis that God is really evil. They assert this even though they …
It is important for me to know about the Messiah. Matthew wisely starts with the facts of the genealogy and …
I am going to pay attention. Jesus is talking to me. I must learn. This is critical in my life. …
This is a great article below on what is being called apatheism. There is a continuum from belief to unbelief. …
A lion is a mighty and very courageous animal. Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Judah. I want …
Hello. Is anybody listening? God is speaking. Jesus has something to say. We are no longer living in “long ago”. …
