Matthew 12:22-45 How would Jesus respond to the unbelieving Pharisees? And why wouldn’t they accept Him? In Matthew 12, we see three short parable-like sayings that all serve to explain the cause and affect of disbelief. By understanding them, more, we can understand the disbelief in the world around us!
1 Kings 18:20-19:21 Today, we often find ourselves feeling weak and defeated—far from our potential assoldiers and servants of God. But God has a way of awakening the wolf—of bringing outthe strength from even the weakest of men and women! And as we come to 1 Kings 19,we’ll see that God would use His wisdom and power to awaken the wolf in…
Acts 4:1-31 I don’t know for sure how much time passes between Acts 2 and Acts 4. It could have been a few days, or a few weeks. But while Acts 2 appears to show a church widely accepted by the community, Acts 4 begins to show the resistance by the ancient Jewish power center. Culminating in the priests, the Sadducees, and…
Matthew 11:16-17; Matthew 12:10-13 What lessons can we learn from how the Jewish people responded to Jesus and John? How should we react to those in need at inopportune times?
Matthew 7:15-27 Who’s responsible for my soul? What’s the context that brings us to Jesus’ famous closing story of the Sermon on the Mount?
Matt. 11.1-15 Who was John and how was his question and his suffering to fit in with God’s plan?
Mark 7: 31-37; Mark 8:22-26; John 9:1-41 When studying the Bible, one of the most important things for us to do is also one of the most difficult. We need to take ourselves out of the equation. When we’re studying the Bible, it’s not a question of how something sounds to us or how something makes us feel. When we interact with…
Ezra 7:10 The book of Ezra is rather short—only 10 chapters long. But in this short book, we find a rather unusual statement that is repeated a number of times: the hand of the LORD his God was on him. (Ezra 7:6) I took courage, for the hand of the LORD my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from…
Matt. 10:34-39 God promises “Peace” and also says He doesn’t bring peace. How can this be reconciled?
Prov. 24:10-22 Solomon’s God-given wisdom was well-renowned. And even to this day, we find ourselves studying his wisdom recorded 1KN, EC, and PV. In PV 23-24, Solomon records some important advice for his son—30 statements we’ve been reviewing over the last 5 weeks. Today, as we come to the end of these wise statements, we see that Solomon focuses on something new:…