I can’t really explain this story from the Gospel of Luke other than to say that we should occasionally, perhaps weekly on Sundays, climb out of the pit and walk together on the road, inviting the stranger to
Additionally, Jesus gave His disciples the express “authority to trample upon serpents and scorpions” in the context of confronting Satan’s power. While a serpent makes sense due to its spiritual associations, why did Jesus add “scorpions”? Would Jesus say this to help us later notice Paul...
Why Did Jesus have to die? Why did the Jesus movement die? Why do good people suffer? Why is God’s clock going into overtime? Why isn’t Jesus back yet? Why Jews reject Jesus…unfulfilled prophesies Why Mohammed was not the Comforter Promised by Jesus Wild Horses Wild Swans and Eliza...
Where will you spend the endless eternity? If you haven't been justified by faith in Jesus Christ you could die and drop straight into hell at any moment of the day or night. That's the truth. It's the sheer mercy and loving kindness of God that He has k
s party last weekend who said she had been in primary school with me in Cardiff. Unfortunately I didn’t remember her. I was only seven for Pete’s sake. Pete must be one of the most mentioned people in history perhaps behind only Jesus Christ and God himself. Illustrious company. ...
“Oh great, painful breakup—No thank you Jesus—I’ll skip that and go this way instead.” And by doing so we lose the opportunity to gain valuable growth and insight learned through that stop in the roadmap that God so carefully knows, that stop that might provide the humility gained ...
You must believe and have faith in Jesus Christ and what He did for you.You must believe He died on the cross to pay for our sin debt and that He rose from the grave. God’s forgiveness, don’t leave home without it. This below is often referred to as the sinner’s prayer. It ...
the city that dominates the road on the southern side.During the siege, one of the Spanish soldiers, a certain Ignatius de Loyola, was desperately wounded through a shot in the leg.While recovering, he had those visions which inspired him to found the Company of Jesus, the famous Society ...
And besides Jesus was Jewish! But I did understand where they were coming from, it wasn’t something I hadn’t heard before and I began to wonder if I maybe should only date Christian guys. Coincidentally, about a week later in Nashville I landed on the doorstep of two attractive young ...
There is only one church Jesus did not rebuke in Rev.2 & chap. 3; it was the church of Philidelphia; where He tells them that they will be taken before the great or temptation (I Think the Great and terrible day or part of the tribulations; did not even Israel go through the first...