Mark 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?” The religious leaders of Jesus’ time had set aside their love of God for love of traditions. They were offended that Jesus would not regard their traditions… Read More »
Time with Jesus
Mark 9:14 And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. I’ve said before that the best commentary on the Bible is the Bible itself. This is one of the reasons why I love to teach the Bible in an expository fashion. I believe that… Read More »
No Excuses
Mark 12:24 Jesus answered and said to them, “Are you not therefore mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God? These Sadducees didn’t know the scriptures that they said they knew. They didn’t know the God that they said they knew. They had relationship problems. Oh, not with the Pharisees,… Read More »
Taking Heed
Mark 13:5-6 And Jesus, answering them, began to say: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, I am He,’ and will deceive many. How can we take heed? By reading God’s Word and taking God at His word. Luke 8:18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For… Read More »
In Times of Testing, Do This
Exodus 34:28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. After 40 days and 40 nights, with no bread and no water, Moses came down from the mountain with the tablets in… Read More »
Timely
Acts 10:28 Then he said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean. Several days before Peter was summoned to the house of Cornelius, God… Read More »
Encourage
Acts 11:24 (NKJV) Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and strong in faith. And many people were brought to the Lord. This is important, gang … don’t miss this. The Bible equates being full of the Holy Spirit, being strong in the faith and leading many to Christ, with being encouraging.… Read More »
The Best Author
John 10:25-26 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. God entrusted the religious leaders of Israel to direct His people… Read More »
A Greater Revelation
John 14:8-9 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? Perhaps… Read More »
Jesus’ Joy
John 17:13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. We gain wonderful knowledge in this out loud prayer of Jesus and because of this knowledge we can take joy. God never intended for Christians to be prudes, to be… Read More »