Jump Start # 3370
Jump Start # 3370 Galatians 6:17 “From no one let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.” It is hard for us to truly grasp what the apostle Paul endured. His brief accounts are sobering, humbling, and shocking to us. Beaten with rods. Stoned. Whipped. Hungry. […]
Jump Start # 3369
Jump Start # 3369 Acts 15:39-40a “And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and left…” We have so many wonderful hymns that build upon our love and fellowship for each other. “Bless be the […]
Jump Start # 3368
Jump Start # 3368 2 Peter 3:7 “For the present Heavens and earth by His word are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.” We began a new series of classes back home in our congregation. I’m teaching “How does it end?” Paul told the Corinthians, “Then […]
Jump Start # 3367
Jump Start # 3367 Genesis 7:16 “Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the Lord closed it behind him.” I recently took a friend to the Ark Encounter in Kentucky. It is outstanding. It is massive. Life-sized ark. Lots of facts. Lots of information. Lots of […]
Jump Start # 3366
Jump Start # 3366 Mark 5:36 “Jesus overhearing what was being spoken, said to the synagogue official, ‘Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.’” Peterson adds a line in his version of the Bible that is not in most others. The thought is there. Peterson simply says it. He writes Jesus as saying “Don’t […]