The Hidden Influence of Assumptions
Assumptions drive our reactions and hold a hidden influence in how we read and interpret the Bible and respond to life.
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Easter Wednesday: God is in Control. Always.
God is in control. Always. If we'll believe and remember this, it will transform the way we respond to everything that touches our lives. Today we picked up where we left off yesterday in Matthew 26. Starting in verse 36, we see Jesus and the disciples enter the...
Easter Tuesday ~ Last Supper Warnings: Believe and Remember
Believe and remember what Jesus has said. This encouragement rings out in today's reading in Matthew 26:17-35. And in John 14:1. Let not your heart be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me.~ John 14:1. As we read today's passages in Matthew, we see clearly that...
Easter Monday: Jesus Worshipped, Jesus Betrayed ~ Will You Trust Him No Matter the Cost?
Happy Easter Monday. Today we're in Matthew 26:1-16 as we continue following Jesus' footsteps to the cross, the grave, and His resurrection. In this passage, we saw Jesus worshipped, and we saw Him betrayed. And we must ask ourselves, will we trust God with everything...
Sucker Punched on Palm Sunday
My dear friend, Lori Hatcher, got sucker punched on Palm Sunday. And we reap the benefit: Read: Sucker Punched on Palm Sunday Watch the video that sent Lori to this verse: Palm Sunday: Jesus, Our Passover Lamb, & His Triumphal Entry
Palm Sunday: Jesus, Our Passover Lamb, & His Triumphal Entry
Happy Palm Sunday! Join me here every day this wonderful Easter week as we follow the footsteps of Jesus to the cross and to His resurrection. Today I read from Matthew 21:1-11 about Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem for the Passover. Check out Exodus 11-12 to...
How Much is That Cobra in the Window? – Unintentional Consequences and What You Need to Know About Them
(Today's post first appeared on InspireAFire.com) India had a cobra problem. As in – they had way too many cobras. Fortunately they also had a solution. If only they had stopped to think through their solution. How Much is That Cobra In the Window? India’s government...
The Run-Away, Run-Back Problem Child: Coming Home to Grace, Mercy, and Love
The parable of the Run-Away, Run-Back Son displays our greatest need—the grace, mercy, and love of God.
The Cure for Your Anemic Christian Life ~ You Need the Whole Bible
hat if a doctor could order lab tests to assess our spiritual health? Can’t you hear him now? “I’ll send your blood tests off to the lab and get a full report on your spiritual health by next week. See the receptionist on your way out to make your...
WHEN THE BAD NEWS AND THE GOOD NEWS ARE THE SAME NEWS
Like my heartbroken daughter, the disciples saw only the bad news. They saw only the cruel cross, but Jesus saw beyond it to the good news — the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ (by Jean Wilund)
Can We Trust the Bible? Is it Reasonable? Part 2 – The Resurrection
Dead Man Walking The credibility of the New Testament hangs on one event -- the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus could have lived a perfect, sinless life and died on the cross, but if He didn’t rise from the dead and walk out of the grave, the entire New Testament...
I & II Samuel — Super-Short Summary
Theme Verse for I & II Samuel: But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the...
Can We Trust the Bible? – Is It Reasonable? Pt. 1
talking donkey, a global flood, and a virgin birth. These sound like the stuff of fables, not facts. But the Bible includes them as historical events. How can we know the Bible is inspired, trustworthy, and infallible when we read about phenomenon...
“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32
