Jump Start # 3204
Jump Start # 3204 Luke 14:28 “For which one of you when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?” In our verse today, Jesus is revealing that there is a cost to discipleship. Salvation may be free, but […]
Jump Start # 3202
Jump Start # 3203 Mark 14:51-52 “A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him. But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.” On Tuesdays I have been teaching both a morning and an evening class on the book of Mark. […]
Jump Start # 3202
Jump Start # 3202 2 Corinthians 10:3 “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.” Our verse today identifies two important aspects of our faith. First, we are engaged in a battle. There are certain things that are opposed to our walk with Christ. There are certain things […]
Jump Start # 3201
Jump Start # 3201 Hebrews 10:31 “It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Through the years we have somehow lost the fear of God. God is love we are told. What a friend we have in Jesus, we sing. We know that sin is wrong and that we […]
Jump Start # 3200
Jump Start # 3200 Mark 15:11 “But the chief priests stirred up the multitude to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.” Our verse today takes place as Jesus stands before Pilate. Time and again, Jesus is declared to be innocent. The trial was fake. The charges were made up. The witnesses were inconsistent […]