Many people resolve to read through the Bible in one year, starting on January 1. Here is the Bible reading plan that I came up with several years ago and have used ever since. Old Testament Segment One, the Books of Moses Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy Segment Two, the Books of Wisdom Job, Psalms,…
Ephesians 2:19, “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” One of the many new realities this year has been social distancing. It has affected everything from schools to businesses to churches to stores. What is called social distancing…
Jesus did many miracles but only one of his miracles is recorded in all four Gospels. That’s the miracle that we take a look at in this study of the first half of chapter six of the Gospel of John. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes…
Luke 1:30–33: “And the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. [31] And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. [32] He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.…
What common substance keeps appearing in the early chapters of John’s Gospel? Find out in part seven of our Bible study of this amazing Gospel. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send…
The third Sunday in Advent is set aside to focus on joy. We are not quite to the joy of Christmas yet but we are getting close. For believers we have a certain kind of joy. It is the joy that follows sorrow and mourning. The pattern is pretty common in Scripture. In Isaiah 61…
Mark 1:1–3 “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. [2] As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, [3] the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”…
One of our new realities with COVID-19 is social distancing. Apparently when we talk and sing we propel droplets into the air. And if we have the virus then those droplets can end up on those around us and possibly give them the virus. So if we distance ourselves from each other the droplets fall…
An entire Samaritan town comes to faith in Jesus through the witness of a thirsty woman in this Bible study of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of John. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For…
Mirror Neurons 