For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone in their effortContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from 1 Thessalonians, 2 March 2018”
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Practical Proverbial, from Hebrews, 14 November 2017
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13, verse 8. You know it’s true: you might as well just say “amen” now (which actually means “this is most certainly true”). Verse 8 is one of the foundation verses of the entire Bible. It’s the explanation, motivation, and reason for everything. There’sContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Hebrews, 14 November 2017”
Practical Proverbial, from Hebrews, 21 March 2017
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. Hebrews 9, verse 15. Part of having your conscience cleaned up is remembering thatContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Hebrews, 21 March 2017”
Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 3 February
On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a manContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 3 February”
