Archive for the ‘Biblical Thoughts’ Category
“After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and because he was a tentmaker as […]
Read More...“Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he […]
Read More...“Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for […]
Read More...In Numbers 20, God tells the leader Moses to take care of his thirsty, complaining congregation by speaking to a rock, which would in turn produce enough water for a couple million people—and all their animals, too. But instead Moses does this: “…(he) gathered the assembly together before the rock, and […]
Read More...A story is told of a famous actress from the early 1940ʼs. Her name was Billie Burke who famously played Glinda, the Good Witch in the Wizard of Oz, and apparently she was quite impressed with herself. Once, when she was on a transatlantic ocean trip, she noticed a man […]
Read More...So many people live life worried that God is angry at them. For reasons that might include things like a poor father image, theological misrepresentation, or just faulty assumptions, there is this view of God that He is our enemy until we get things right with Him. That’s only a […]
Read More...“Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the […]
Read More...“On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work—whether native-born or an alien living among you—because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins. It is a […]
Read More...The book of Acts has always read like a great adventure story to me. There’s the explosive beginning, rich character development, surprising plot twists, and epic journeys. And just when it seems the narrative should reach its crest, it continues to swell. This book unfolds an infant faith that starts […]
Read More...Have you ever read the story in Exodus 4 about God almost killing Moses until his wife circumcised their son? This is what it says: At a lodging place on the way the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut […]
Read More...“When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.” Acts 18:5 There are a multitude of ministries in the church, and they are all vital to the Kingdom. Silas and Timothy served in a different way than […]
Read More...In Acts 10, God asks Peter to do the unthinkable. He’s going to have to have fellowship with, and share Jesus’ message with…some Gentiles. And the way it’s revealed to Peter is through a divine invitation to dig into a big meal made entirely of…unclean food. But Peter had never […]
Read More...In Acts 6 the Apostles had to focus on what they were called to do and call others to do what needed to be done. There was literally a bottleneck of leadership happening. The church was growing explosively. Everyone was complaining. It wasn’t good. So they had the congregation chose […]
Read More...When my wife and I planted a church in Seattle in the 90’s we occasionally had some good-natured person suggest something along the lines of, “if you could just get Bill Gates saved and tithing to your church, you’d be set”. It was the same in Youth Ministry. When discussing […]
Read More...In Luke 2, we see two very different situations. One story includes an old, childless couple who had long-since given up thinking about having kids. The other scenario involves a young engaged girl who had never been physically intimate with a man. If you were going to pick parents for […]
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