In Matthew 10, Jesus calls together His 12 disciples, giving them authority to drive out unclean spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. In verse 5, Matthew names these 12. Remember, they were uneducated [Continue Reading…]
I was just looking at the part of Mark 15 (:29-32) where everybody was mocking Jesus and calling Him “King of the Jews”, and noticed a connection to the Old Testament. I mean, yeah, everything [Continue Reading…]
Romans 6:1-14: Shall we go on sinning so that Grace may increase? (“Hayl no!”) We’re the ones who have died to sin; how then can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all [Continue Reading…]
Objective: Through the explanation of Jeremiah 24 and John 15:4-9, students will learn about the importance of “remain(ing) in Jesus’ love”, and that their choices of whether or not to do so can make a [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, why do Christians say that Allah is not the same god Christians and Jews believe in? Muslims refer to the god of Abraham not to a different entity. They just say Christians and [Continue Reading…]
Lately I’ve been reading through 1 Kings and the Gospel of Matthew. Today, I read 1 Kings 9, and you know, I’ve gotta say that for a man who’s known to be the wisest man [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, what do you think of The Lord’s Supper in 1 Corinthians 11:25-29? What is meant by this? Hi, there’s a lot going on here, but the basic issue was disunity among members of [Continue Reading…]
When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey [Continue Reading…]
1 Samuel 17:12-58 takes us through the story of David and Goliath, and what an awesome story this is, and fight it turned out to be, not only because of the contrasts between sizes of [Continue Reading…]
One day, some time ago, I was taking a nap–in my car. A Little Background My wife and I used to live in Newport News, Virginia, and she’d gotten a job in Chesapeake. So she’d [Continue Reading…]
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