Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionJesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”New Living Translation“Don’t cling...
Earlier healing ministries in which John Banks had participated had been specifically Anglican/Episcopal. Dr. William De Orteaga commented that “Anglicans and Episcopalians have been among the most pioneering, persistent, and innovative leaders of the renewed Christian healing ministry of the last cent...
“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not ...
1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convinc...
We don’t know what they talked about during that dinner, but the moment had to have been highly charged, given the people around the table: The sisters whose grief had driven the harsh confrontation with Jesus at their brother’s tomb (If you had been here, my brother would not have ...
21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. ...
Verse (Click for Chapter)New International VersionMy brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.New Living TranslationMy dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over othe...
Funny thing, though – I had no problem believing the Scriptures true in other areas. I’d treat them as absolute truth when it came to explaining my faith. Absolute truth when the historicity of the cross and empty tomb needed defending. Absolute truth when doubting brothers or sisters would...
During his lifetime, Jesus himself didn't call himself God and didn't consider himself God, and ... none of his disciples had any inkling at all that he was
Incidentally, I was a very shy person who used to visibly SHAKE when I would stand in front of people. I had to visualize myself speaking to large groups (AND PRAY) In order to achieve that. It was a walk of faith for me! What we dream, we can become!!!