To give a little background, Jesus had just finished a debate about what is considered as clean, and what is considered unclean. The Pharisees were accusing Jesus’ disciples of not being clean because they didn’t wash [Continue Reading…]
Against all hope, Abraham, in hope, believed, and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, he faced [Continue Reading…]
How Do We Respond To News? As I was reading through Mark 1:1-20, I remembered that when I had first begun to hear Jesus’ voice, the Holy Spirit would often lead me down different streets to [Continue Reading…]
Have you ever been disappointed with somebody? What’s a good example of a huge disappointment in Mark 9:14-29, even after 3 years of preaching, ministering to, and teaching the crowds, they all still didn’t get [Continue Reading…]
A little while ago, I was reading Matthew 16:24–28 about what Jesus said it would take to follow Him as His disciple. The scriptures say: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny [Continue Reading…]
In Matthew 26:36-47, Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, how do Jesus’ parables contain so much knowledge that they’ve been studied by scholars for almost 2000 years, yet the understanding in them is simple enough to be read as children’s stories? The [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, what’s the difference between Salvation and Atonement? Atonement Is Part Of Salvation Hi, the differences between salvation and atonement? Well, for one thing, Atonement is part of Salvation. Last year, I posted a [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, why did Jesus exclude Himself and the Holy Spirit from being God in John 17:3? Hi, I’m not sure where you get the idea that Jesus excluded Himself as being God in this [Continue Reading…]
Hey Andy, Christians believe that God is “Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of All That is Seen and Unseen”. Is this a preamble to the Gospel, or a proclamation of the Gospel? Hi, when [Continue Reading…]
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