Peter would be put to the test many times. The first was when Jesus was taken and sent before the rulers. Peter denied knowing Jesus three times! Then Jesus was crucified. He watched as the source of his faith was nailed to the cross. How low Peter must have felt during this time. H...
John learned this from Jesus. Hours before Jesus was arrested and crucified, Jesus said to his disciples: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another....
Not only that, but Jesus was also buried outside the city in a garden: At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. -John 19:41 In 135, after the second Jewish revolt (132-135), Hadrian rebuilt ...
We are perfect before God when we ask Jesus to come into our lives, and we believe him. His righteousness is imputed to us “And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. James ...
4. The Fathers also understood the interpretation of Scripture to require the reader’s participation in the spiritual reality of the text. Thus it is not enough to say that Christ was crucified. We must also say, “I am crucified with Christ,†and thus also I am ...
5The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and ...
“In the trial where Pilate knew very well that the man before him was not guilty, he, for political reasons, had to bring in a verdict of guilty. And in this, Jesus was silent. We learn a good deal from this in our lives when enemies contend against us and when we are falsely ac...
Faith in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is a critical component of my life. Check out the blog posts here I've written on this topic.
[Fictional stories are used frequently in scripture. Jesus used them. They are called parables.] In the heart of a once-thriving … Continue reading→ Luke 3 | “Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea.” ...
I started reading the Bible when I was 13. The weekend I was converted (praise God!), I decided that if I was going to do this Jesus thing, I was really going to do it. I was going to read the whole Bible. There’s my tally down at the bottom. Do you love my second grade ...