Jump Start # 1328
Jump Start # 1328 3 John 13-14 “I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write them to you with pen and ink; but I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face.” There are many great lessons in the short 3 John. Often […]
Jump Start # 1327
Jump Start # 1327 3 John 9 “I wrote something to the church but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.” Oh, Diotrephes, what a trouble and a pain you are. The book of Third John is short, only 15 verses. However, in these short verses three […]
Jump Start # 1326
Jump Start # 1326 1 Thessalonians 5:14 “We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.” As the apostle Paul concludes his first letter to the young church at Thessalonica, he gives them a list of practical and helpful things to keep them going. Notice a […]
Jump Start # 1325
Jump Start # 1325 Acts 5:3 “But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?” Our passage today is taken from the sad decision by Ananias and his wife Sapphira to lie to Peter, the church […]
Jump Start # 1323
Jump Start # 1323 Acts 5:27-29 “While they had brought them, they stood them before the Council. The high priest questioned them, saying, ‘We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” But Peter […]