and we entered the man’s house.13He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon, who is called Peter;14he will give you a message by which you
I’m currently in a Bible Study called,“Unglued” by Lysa Terkeurst. In it, this week she talked about us being God’s handiwork (or workmanship). She suggests that we should, “Let God Chisel”. Comparing us to the statue of David, she explains that God sees who we are meant to...
I provided a longer explanation of this text in a sermon I preached several years back, and you can read the full manuscript here, so in this study, let me simply try to provide a summary of what these verses mean and how they can be applied to us today. In Ephesians 2, Paul is p...
It means, you are not in charge of making sure all things come out in the wash. It means, let go and let God. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Lots have been ...
1 John 4:8 describes one of God’s primary attributes as love. “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” Here are several key implications that this attribute of God has for believers today.
Christianity is called the religion of compassion [Mitleid].—compassion stands in antithesis to the tonic emotions which enhance the energy of the feeling of life: it has a depressive effect. One loses force when one has compassion. The loss of force which life has already sustained through su...
As you lay sick in bed, you ask yourself does God always heal today? You turn on the early morning TV evangelist show and the speaker says, “Jeeeeeee-sus doesn’t want you sick!” The TV evangelist says as he nearly pokes his index finger through the camera lens. “When the devil...
Jesus’s unblemished body and his life poured out in sufferings have been applied to (sprinkled on) our hearts. This now allows us to be called into God’s family and we are to develop love for the brethren. “Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your souls until you ...
These are some the best immune boosters we’ve found, and things that have fought off colds and coughs like nobody’s business… I know that it’s expected that families with little kids are just perpetually sick all winter, but that hasn’t been the case for us. While Zoe had a week...
Noting that John the Baptist often called Jewish people to repent and be baptized for the remission of sins, some evangelists today also call people to repent of their sins, believe in Jesus and be baptized in order to receive eternal life. Some go off the deep end on repentance and tell...