Our Response to Others

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:12-13 The three tribes (the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh) had to leave their place of rest east of the...

Effective Gospel

Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and brag about your relationship to God; if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those...

God Anoints His Leaders

So he sent and had him brought in. He was ruddy, with a fine appearance and handsome features. Then the Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; he is he one.” I Samuel 16:12 The word anoint comes from the Hebrew word masah, which means to “anoint, smear,...

Sincere Worship

…let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:22 Burnt offerings were offered every morning and every evening...

A People of Grace

Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstance to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of...