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Ancient Jewish Wisdom Doesn’t really have much to do with I.Q. or being “smart” Has everything to do with “orientation towards God” Being “Wise” is less about “being” wise and more about “getting” wise Gaining in Wisdom is merging right-thinking with right-action It’s about making Godly Choices and learning to apply God’s truths to life’s […]

God’s gift requires a response Paul wrote a letter to the group of believers who lived in Rome during the first century.  He spent the first half of that letter explaining that humanity was separated from God by their sin. He presented the details demonstrating that there was no way to bridge the gap between a sinful […]

Thanks for the Suggestion! A big “Thank You” to Christopher Cummings @chriscummings01 for this week’s verse suggestion.  I’m more than happy to receive suggestions for verses you’d like to memorize and then work them into the production schedule.  Feel free to connect with me and send suggestions via Twitter, Facebook or even through the comments […]

The Problem of Suffering I find the Book of Job a very difficult book to read.  It’s one of the ancient pieces of Wisdom Literature in the Bible so it’s structure can be a bit difficult to navigate. What makes maters worse is that much of what is written in Job is actually WRONG and […]

Paul Draws Attention to the Unseen World When Paul wrote his letter to the Ephesians he covered a lot of ground. He explains God’s Eternal Plan at work in the world and the mystery of God’s extension of the Gospel to the non-Jew. He talks about Unity in Christ He challenges us to be Spirit-Led and […]

Friend of God Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command.  I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business.  Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from […]

Can you imagine dining with Jesus and having him look at you and say:  “Go and learn what this means”? I think I would have scrambled for any scrap of paper I could find in order to write down whatever he said next.  (I’m a “write it down” person otherwise I tend to forget.)  Well […]

Have you ever heard of the Sermon on the Mount? When Matthew wrote his Gospel he spent a great deal of time recounting what he heard Jesus teach.  One of these long discourses is found in Matthew chapters 5 through 7. In fact, if you have a Red-Letter Edition of the Bible you’ll notice there […]

This week – You Have A Gift, Use It – 1 Peter 4:10-11 The Apostle Peter wrote a letter that we call 1st Peter.  It appears he wrote the letter while in Rome near the end of his life.  Somewhere in the late 50’s to early 60’s A.D. He wrote to hurting people.  People who […]

 A Tree Is Known By Its Fruit A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.  A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes. A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good […]

Draw Near To God – This is the Language of Friendship James, Jesus’ brother writes:  “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:7-8 I think […]

I believe in Jesus.  Now what? Walk In Him As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7 Living for Jesus is a Daily Activity Walking implies action Movement implies […]

This week – Walk As Children Of Light – Ephesians 5:8-10 I don’t know about you, but in my life I wonder things like:  “What does it look like to follow Jesus?” “How can I make living for Jesus practical?” The Apostle Paul used a metaphor in his letter to the Ephesians that helps describe […]

These verses come at the end of a section of the first Corinthian Letter where Paul explains that he is compelled by God to let people know the Good News about Jesus. He explains that: “I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.” (vs. 22b) The Apostle Paul […]

Run With Endurance Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy […]

Whoever Has The Son Has Life The Bible memory verse this week is known as an “Assurance Verse.” This is the type of verse you draw strength from when you doubt your salvation. It’ll help you encourage others through their times of doubt too. Why memorize a verse like this? Inevitably, when a person says: […]

Never Waste Pain For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves […]

My Power, My Strength, My Wealth!  Really? 3400 years ago Moses was about to hand over the leadership of a new generation of Israelites to Joshua and he made an empassioned restatement of the Law and God’s Covenenant with Israel. We call this book:  Deuteronomy In fact, if you have a chance one day, read […]

Be Prepared To Give An Answer The Bible Verse this week is from 1 Peter chapter 3, verses 15 and 16.  This chapter contains a very familiar section (verse 15) which tells people who follow Jesus Christ that they must be prepared to give an answer.  We must be prepared to share our story. But why would anyone ask […]

All Sripture is God-Breathed This is what the Apostle Paul explained to Timothy.  We call this letter “2 Timothy” and it is most likely Paul’s final letter. Paul is in a Roman Prison… Paul is giving a lot of advice to this Pastor he has mentored.  He is reinforcing what he has taught Timothy over […]