17 And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. 18 Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. 19 And a number of those who had practiced magic […]
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 […]
Clearing the Way for Everyone to Pray
Luke 19:45 ¶ And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, Luke 19:46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.” Luke 19:47 ¶ And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests […]
Who Has Clean Hands?
Psa. 24:1 ¶ The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, Psa. 24:2 for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Psa. 24:3 ¶ Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? Psa. […]
God Leads Gideon from Dinner to a Revolution
[22] Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the LORD. And Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.” [23] But the LORD said to him, “Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die.” [24] Then Gideon built an […]
Sin is Dead to Us As Christ is Alive in Us
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.So […]
Cornerstones and Rough Rocks
We were talking about Isaiah 28 at the mission yesterday. Isaiah 28:16 (HCSB) Therefore the Lord God said: “Look, I have laid a stone in Zion,a tested stone,a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will be unshakable.” In ancient times when they built buildings, it was very difficult to make a large stone perfectly square. SO they […]
Copper is Green
We have a lot of brown doorknobs around our house. Our house was built in 1904, so to say that they are the original doorknobs could be true or could be an innocent but incorrect guess. They could be original from when they did renovations in 1919, or after the great flood of 1937. Either […]