Treasury of Scripture And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? as. Luke 11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples sai...
Treasury of Scripture Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. as sheep. Luke 10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall...
John wrote of Jesus’ crucifixion, “For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled –‘Not one of his bones will be broken’” (John 19:36 NIV). God is in control. Our joy is in the Lord. “The joy of the LORD would sustain them,” the Expositor’s Bible ...
According to the denomination I grew up in, consensual sex between two adults who are not married to each other or to anyone else threatens their salvation. It is “incompatible with obedience to the will of God as revealed in Scripture.” Moreover, anyone who believes that consensual sex be...
Which leads to occasionally attributing a Grateful Dead lyric to scripture. Then I will be revealed as the fraud I am. There you go — welcome to my web. I can’t wait to hear what’s trapped in your web! Join me onMonday, September 28th at Denny Park Lutheran Churchas...
One of my favorite verses in scripture is Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God.” After seeing this image, I will forever connect this verse and this picture together. Before I always envisioned myself being still among whatever I was going through and trusting that God was ...
Key Verses: God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Exodus 3:14 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I Am!” John 8:58 Teacher preparation: Read Scripture references, John 8:31-59 and Psalm 103. ...
Am I supposed to believe what i read, word for word? Episcopalians take the Bible seriously, but not literally. This is not a history book. It is a the salvation story of God and God’s love for God’s people written by those who have gone before us. We believe Scripture to be ins...
And, make no mistake, personal responsibility to obey God has plenty of backing in Scripture.But the other side of the coin is that God is behind the scenes making it possible for us to come. The truth is that we are not free moral agents in a neutral world. There is an enemy who ...
We know from scripture that Christ suffered during His time here on Earth. We see it in His loneliness in the garden, His torture and humiliation as he walked to Calvary and in His crucifixion. But we also see Gods hand and purpose in all of it. ...