When the Apostle Paul arrived in Corinth, the Lord Jesus appeared to him in a night vision and said:
Acts 18:9-10. Do not be afraid any longer but go on speaking and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many ...
New Books to Help You Mentor Others: Introducing the Discipleship Series
Jesus’s last words before leaving in the Gospel of Matthew were for his followers to make disciples of all nations (Mat 28:19). Would you say this commandment still stands today? Do you think this applies to you personally? Would you like to make disciples for Christ?
If ...
When talking about strength it means to be tough, showing power to resist or to endure. Relying on God’s strength biblically means to rely on divine power rather than human ability.
Our strength is limited physically and mentally. I can no longer do many things that I ...
Disagreeing Without Disintegrating: What Acts can teach us about the common conflicts of church life
Western culture is devoid of healthy conflict. In our movies, action heroes fight the bad guys to the death. In online discussion, we sling slurs: “Nazi!” “Fascist!” “Libtard!”, but in person, we frequently just go along to get along, telling ourselves that we don’t want to ...
When a large crowd came to Jesus, he spoke to them in a parable we now commonly call the Sower and the Seed that captures the four responses people have when hearing the Word of God: 1) they hear then the devil comes and immediately takes away the Word from their heart so ...
Why You Feel Distant from God and How to Fix It: Six Easy Steps For Daily Prayer
We live in a sick society. We’re chronically overstimulated due to the modern lifestyle. We rush all day long, racing from one task to the next, always thinking we don’t have enough time. If you ask anyone how they’re doing, chances are they’ll say, “I’m busy.” We multitask ...
Christianity Is A Team Sport: Paul, Philemon, and the Hard Work of Living at Peace
Reconciliation is the central theme of the book of Philemon, as well as the enduring legacy of Paul’s mission. Reconciliation between God and humanity and here, reconciliation between Christians.
It’s like this: Onesimus, slave of Philemon, has run away. He encountered ...
We are commanded to love God and love and worship Him first in our lives.
Deuteronomy 6:5. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Even Jesus when he answered a Pharisee about which was the greatest ...
One of Paul’s companions during his imprisonment in Rome was Epaphras from Colosse. He had been instrumental in bringing the Gospel of God’s grace to his hometown and in updating Paul about the believers there. Moved by this report, Paul wrote an epistle to the Colossians, ...
Romans 6:11. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
In a recent sermon the minister gave an example of a dead man in a casket who loved Reese’s candy. He asked the question, “When a man is dead, if someone put a package of ...
Have you ever said to yourself, “What was I thinking?” Generally it is after we have not thought something through, and the corresponding action was not well received or the best action to take. I am prone to say it gets worse with age, but that is not necessarily the ...
I have always been so impressed with a certain queen in the bible named The Queen of Sheba. There is an amazing record of her hunger to know whether the things she had heard about King Solomon were truthful or not.
2 Chronicles 9:1-9. Now when the queen of Sheba heard of ...
