The Path to Faith The path to faith varies from person to person. While one thing catches your attention, something else is meaningful to another. In John, chapter one, we have brief accounts of several people being introduced to Jesus. The chapter lets us see variety in the evidence provided and in what captures … Read more
Hungry like babies, crying out for food! “Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” (1 Peter 2:1-3) This is not instruction … Read more
Blessed are those who have not seen… Thomas was not with the apostles the first time Jesus appeared to them after the resurrection. He declared he would not believe their claim to have seen the risen Christ. On the next occasion, he was present and Jesus challenged him to not only look but also … Read more
Build Your House on the Rock Jesus said: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your … Read more
Now this is the main point… “Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, … Read more
Why is God’s plan of salvation so complicated? Serious Bible students soon realize that the work of studying and understanding the Bible is never ending! There is so much to learn. A study of Hebrews brought me to Melchizedek. One paragraph in Genesis 14 tells us the entire Bible story of Melchizedek. He is … Read more
Hearing and Seeing — But Not Hearing or Seeing? When Jesus spoke to the seven churches of Asia in Revelation 2-3, he told each one of them, in emphatic repetition, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Why would he repeat that command to each church? They … Read more
Teaching is Hard. Doing is Harder! As a preacher and Bible teacher for many years, I have long since learned that teaching good lessons from The Word is easier than living them. I have known and felt that in my life over and over again. Just today I talked with someone about 1 Thessalonians … Read more
Do you have “ears to hear?” Jesus often called people to pay attention. It is hard to imagine that people did not pay attention to Jesus. He was so very compelling. Yet, as we read the gospels and see people react to Jesus, it is clear that many dismissed him and his teaching. Jesus was … Read more
As Disciples of Christ Let us … What? At least twelve times in the Book of Hebrews, Christians are called to significant spiritual action. Twelve times we find the phrase “let us…” Let us look at the four “let us” statements in Hebrews chapter four. 1. “Let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it…” … Read more
