So now here we are in a state that we can’t boast or celebrate any of our good deeds, because it’s not the outward deed that matters, but what you are on the inside. On Saturday, a guy was raking leaves at my neighbor’s house. I sat in my car, about to drive away, and…
You’ve got to read this entire chapter to really crack open Romans 2:6-11. In vs. 6-11 it sounds like one’s works decide salvation, but down in Romans 2:25-29 the difference between good and bad is really defined. Romans 2.25-29 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the…
When Jesus rose from the dead, He could have gone anywhere, appeared to anyone, and shown His power. I think it’s a big deal that He first appeared to the people He was closest too before He died. It shows that not only does God love each of us generally, but He really does love…
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.â€Â (John 18:36 ESV) Jesus refers to His servants here (strong’s) 5257.  huperetes, hoop-ay-RET-ace; from 5259 and…
John 16:25-31 v. 25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. v. 29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. 30 Now we can see that you…
Sunday I took my two oldest sons to Family Day at the Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana. My Aunt, who is in her 60s, has been part of the community there since she was 18. It’s pretty cool walking around such a place. I’ve taken my sons to St. Meinrad and we’ve snuck around,…
V. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, ‚ÄúDo you believe in the Son of Man?‚Äù When Jesus asks the man this, the man doesn‚Äôt know who Jesus is, but the man would know that Jesus was a Rabbi (other people approached Him and called Him Rabbi…
Romans 4:5 ‚ÄúAnd to the one who does not work but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,‚Äù [screeching car break sound] Did I just read ‚Äúbelieves in Him who justifies the UNgodly???‚Äù I‚Äôll tell you what. The book of Romans is going to mess some people up. What…
John 7:19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?‚Äù This sentence is out of place unless you know from other narration what is going on. It just goes to show that God can see right inside our hearts and motives to…
