This week, my Bible study has taken me to Hebrews 9 and 10, where scripture explains the connection between the Old Testament laws of sacrifice (the Mosaic Law, the Old Covenant) and the New Covenant Jesus established by the sacrifice of His own body on the cross. I love to read Matthew Henry’s commentary on …
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Transformation
Peter, James, and John were Jesus’ “inner circle” of disciples. They were invited to know Jesus in a more intimate, personal way. Often, Jesus would take the three of them aside, or with Him as He taught and ministered. As Matthew, Mark, and Luke all tell us, only these three were privileged to go up …
What Is Your Posture In The Presence Of Jesus?
Mark 5 relates three encounters Jesus had with people who needed dramatic, supernatural healing. These give evidence that Jesus is not like us, in that while He appeared for a little while in human form to explain God to us (John 1:18) and to accomplish our forgiveness and redemption, He also retained His deity as …
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Doing Life Like Jesus Did
Do you ever get anxious that you’re not as productive as you ought to be? Whether it’s our physical work, our personal ministry and service to God, or our own spiritual growth, there’s something in our human nature that continually strives. We really have a hard time with resting, or just being at peace. As …
The Reality of Spiritual Warfare
As part of my study in scripture this year I’m following along with the Growing4Life Bible Reading Challenge. My blogger friend, Leslie, does a new challenge each year, and you can find all the details here: https://growing4life.net/2023-bible-reading-challenge2/. This week as I’ve read through Mark 1 several times, I keep coming back to a couple of …
The Way Of The Word 