Daily Thoughts from Romans: Righteousness Manifested, Boasting Excluded But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Romans: The Obligatory Gospel First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from Romans: The Gospel Promised Beforehand Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Water and Blood This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because
Continue reading...Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Test the Spirits Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you
Continue reading...The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting…Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that
Continue reading...“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them… “You shall also
Continue reading...What are you putting off for a day? What “respite” are you getting that hardens your heart to dealing with the problems in your life?
Continue reading...I just had a Jehovah’s Witness come to the door. She seemed like a nice lady. She had a Jamaican accent (or at least that is as sophisticated as I am at judging Caribbean accents). I could
Continue reading...For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast. Father, these are some of the most amazing words
Continue reading...Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ…In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness
Continue reading...Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind
Continue reading...Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself
Continue reading...What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be
Continue reading...– though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,
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