Truth For The Heart
Why do we study the Bible? What is our motivation? What is our purpose? In the first eleven chapters of his letter to the church at Rome, Paul proclaims the mercies of God in His Son Jesus. At the end of chapter 11, those mercies impel Paul to wonder and awe and praise. To understand […]
Read MorePursue love… 1 Corinthians 14:1 Today is the anniversary of the day I became a Christian back when I was in college. I find myself wondering what my life would have been like if I’d become a Christian in today’s church rather than the church of that time. How do you treat new believers in […]
Read More“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…” 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 Christians know that our belief is grounded in Jesus Christ, who […]
Read MoreThen Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’” Matthew 26:31 “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through […]
Read MoreWhen I was growing up we attended a church with a large music program, and I first sang in a choir as a young child. Our minister of music frequently had us sing the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah during December. The adult choir was at the front of the church behind the ministers, while […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 47: Saturday “These men who have upset the world have come here also; and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” Acts 17:6b–7 Saturday’s Bible reading is Acts 17–18. After leaving Philippi, Paul, Silas […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 46: Saturday Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Acts 15:1 The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter. After there had been much debate, Peter stood […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 45: Saturday “Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. “While they were ministering to the Lord and […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 44: Saturday “So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone. “But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, […]
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Kindling for Candles 