Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him. (Mark 7:15-16 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) Your responses to your surroundings either strengthen you or defile you. The responses that are forged in the purifying flame of the fruit of the Spirit of Life sanctify […]
But when Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’ daughter danced before them and pleased Herod. So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. And prompted by her mother, she answered, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter!” Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and […]
Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness. He also said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” But he said, “Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it?” He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a […]
Those who reject Jesus as King and as Savior should be provoking a response from those of us who receive Him as King and as Savior. Our hearts should be injured at His rejection, because He is not just good, but He is worthy to be worshiped both as King and as Savior. Revelation of His wonderfulness as Redeemer should […]
The next day when they came out from Bethany, He was hungry. After seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, He went to find out if there was anything on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. He said to it, “May no one ever eat […]
Pretend that a $156,015.00 2019 Porsche 911 is sitting in my front yard. With no battery. I suppose that if you could get a battery for $87.00, the car would still be worth $155,928.00. It still looks great in my driveway. How much are we devalued if we are powerless? We may have the look, the talk, the relationships, the […]
I don’t believe Jonah loved the citizens of Nineveh. My interpretation of his story is that he refused to warn them of Yahweh’s announcement of judging them. When he repented and finally went to preach to them, he simply condemned them. When they repented and Yahweh relented, he was annoyed that his prophetic word about their destruction hadn’t come to […]
If I read the Bible in order to learn right from wrong more than I read it to learn Who Jesus is and who He says I am, I am much more likely to develop a ministry of condemnation than one of redemption.
Moses said to the Lord, “Look, You have told me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. You said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ Now if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, please teach me Your ways, and I […]
And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ. (Ephesians 4:32 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) The way God forgave you in Christ was by the payment for sin on the cross of Jesus. That is the way we forgive one another, too. There is no other source of that […]