16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate […]
Jesus Goes Where He Wants
14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and […]
The Slow Clutter of Idols
“Then the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him. And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and with him all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the prophets, all the people, both small and great. And […]
Syncing your Actions with your Words is Like the Best Soft-shell Taco
Luke 11:53 ¶ As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, Luke 11:54 lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say. Luke 12:1 ¶ In the meantime, when so many thousands of the […]
A Conversation That Was Worthy
Luke 9:29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. Luke 9:30 And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, Luke 9:31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke 9:32 Now […]
Being An Outsider While You’re Still Inside
What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, […]
Clothe that Tent in Permanent Glory
We know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For […]
Jesus Is Way Before All Things. WAY Before
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things […]
Praying for Us to See Jesus As He Is
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things […]
God Calls it As He Sees It
This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes. I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just […]