Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven? Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “I will once more […]
Paul Captured in the Deepest Part of the Temple He Could Enter
27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him, 28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even […]
To Those Under the Law I Became Like One Under the Law – Though I Am Not
21 and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or walk according to our customs. 22 What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come. 23 Do therefore what we […]
Paul Arrives in Jerusalem – This Is It
17 When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. 18 On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. 19 After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 And when they […]
We Can Trust The One Who Made Us
The Lord said to me, “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” I answered, “Oh, Lord God , I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am […]
Getting Ready By Going Out the Door
And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have […]
They Were Afraid. They Were All Afraid
Matt. 27:62 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate Matt. 27:63 and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ Matt. 27:64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the […]
God is Big but Not Distant
Is. 40:22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; Is. 40:23 who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. Is. 40:24 Scarcely […]
The Lord Is Our Insomniac Baby-Sitter
Psa. 121:1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? Psa. 121:2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Psa. 121:3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Psa. 121:4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither […]
Captivating Thoughts and the Thoughts God Thinks
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. […]