Jump Start # 2644
Jump Start # 2644 John 14:1 “Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.” Troubles—they also seem to follow us. I like the expression, “The guy who says all his troubles are behind him, drives a school bus.” His troubles are filled in all the seats of that school bus. […]
Jump Start # 2643
Jump Start # 2643 John 6:66 “As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew, and were not walking with Him any more.” The Bara Institute is an organization that follows and monitors religious trends in this country. Bara polls are very common. They take a cross section of what religious people believe. Their […]
Jump Start # 2642
Jump Start # 2642 Psalms 2:4 “He who sits in the heavens laughs, the Lord scoffs at them.” On Sundays, as our worship begins, we have a reading from the Psalms. This past Sunday it was from Psalms 2, where our verse today is found. “He who sits in the heavens laughs,” is our thought […]
Jump Start # 2641
Jump Start # 2641 Daniel 2:31 “You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome.” Our passage comes from what Daniel says about Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. There was a statue of many […]
Jump Start # 2640
Jump Start # 2640 1 Timothy 4:1 “But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.” I wonder how these words fell upon the young preacher Timothy? Instead of things getting better, he is warned that things will get […]