Jump Start # 2723a
Jump Start # 2723a Acts 22:19 “And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You.’” The thoughts in this verse came up recently in a couple of different classes that I’ve been teaching. In Philippians Paul said, ‘as to zeal, […]
Jump Start # 2722
Jump Start # 2722 Joshua 24:15 “If it disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, […]
Jump Start # 2721
Jump Start # 2721 Romans 14:19 “So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.” I’ve been teaching a class on the Beatitudes. Simple statements that are packed heavily with so many applications and thoughts. While doing some reading about “peacemakers”, you know, “Blessed are the peacemakers, […]
Jump Start # 2720
Jump Start # 2720 Matthew 2:18 A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she refused to be comforted, because they were no more.” Our verse today is not one that you’ll find in devotional books. You won’t find this cross-stitched on pillows. Weeping, mourning and no comfort is not the kind of […]
Jump Start # 2719
Jump Start # 2719 Mark 12:37 “David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard Him gladly.” Our passage today tells us that the common people not only heard Jesus, but they heard Him gladly. Other translations use the expression, they “enjoyed listening to Him.” Now, […]