He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, / regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, / and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord....
“This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past.” (Deuteronomy 19:4) However, anyone who intentionally murdered someone had no right to seek refuge in these cities; he would...
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Treasury of Scripture The elder to the elect lady and her ...
When our church gathers we get a chance to lift Jesus high. Not for tradition’s sake but to lift Jesus high. No autopilot but a place to meet Jesus. We do it every week but can do it every day. Worthy – of value. Is there anyone else who is worth it? No, not one. Foc...
TheJesus Callingserieshas been so meaningful to my family. It started with a neighbor of ours actually walking the dog. We’ve seen him a half a dozen times. And one day, he just shows up at our house and he’s got thisJesus Callingbookin his hand. And he’s like, “I give this...
is full of sin, we all have told our heavenly Father “no,” when he requires us to do something. We have not loved God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and we have not loved our neighbor as ourselves. This is what God has called us to do in Mark 12:30-31 and ...
Tommy Kono (June 27, 1930-April 24, 2016) was a frail, asthmatic 14-year-old when a neighbor first gave him a dumbbell at the Tule Lake internment center for Japanese-Americans, where he lived with his family for most of World War II. “I didn’t want to be a weightlifter,” he...
We carry this precious Message around in the unadorned clay pots of our ordinary lives. That’s to prevent anyone from confusing God’s incomparable power with us. As it is, there’s not much chance of that. You know for yourselves that we’re not much t
Now, this is only in regards to the things that God wants you to accomplish. For example, you cannot use God’s power to rob the bank, but if God desired you to walk on water or to simply love an unlovable neighbor (or enemy) then God’s power is available for you, and He wants...
Phillips taught himself how to survive. How to steal cherries from other people’s trees. How to have a vicarious Christmas morning by talking his way into a neighbor’s house and watching other children open their presents. How to escape into his own mind by drawing pictures: an airplane,...