Today I finished up the gospel of Matthew, chapters 27-28. A total of 86 verses describes the two most important events in human history – the crucifixion of Jesus, and His resurrection. Jesus is delivered by the religious leaders into the hands of Pilate, the Roman governor. Judas sees that He has been condemned to …
Tag: Suffering
When God Delays The Rescue
Today’s read reminds me of a question that often keeps people from believing in God: “Why do bad things happen to good people?” or “If God is so powerful and good, why is there so much evil in the world?” These are valid questions, and to answer them properly would require a lengthy discussion of …
Conformed To His Death
…that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. --Philippians 3:10-11 Paul told us that his goal in life, what made him successful in his calling, was to focus all …
Will We Come Out As Gold?
I have made it into the book of Job on my “read-through-the-Bible-in-180-days” journey. I have always found this book to be a little hard to understand and have learned by experience that you can’t really have many takeaways until you get to the end of the story and get God’s perspective on all that has …
Read-Through-The-Bible [12.21.19]
Today’s read was 1 Peter. We love Peter because he is the epitome of the “come back story.” Fearing for his own life when Jesus was seized by the soldiers and taken to trial, he denied His Savior three times, just as Jesus had prophesied. Fifty days later we find him publicly preaching about Jesus …
The Way Of The Word 