The Gospel of John Bible Study, Part Eleven

The eighth chapter of the Gospel of John starts with a very compelling story, but was this story really part of the original Scripture? In this video we look at how scholars deal with passages of Scripture where there are questions about their authenticity. We also look at what Jesus says a true disciple is.…

Praising God Throughout Scripture

This post is from a guest blogger, Leah Lambart. Enjoy Praise the Lord What if we are meant to praise God? What if our highest purpose is to learn how to praise God without ceasing? Praise God in the good times. Praise God in the bad times. Praise God for the blessings. Praise God for…

Jonah, It’s Not All About the Fish

Jonah 3:1–5, 10 “Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, [2] “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” [3] So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly…

Lord, How Do You Know Me?

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” [44] Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. [45] Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of…

Death and Resurrection Baptism

Romans 6:3-5 “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? [4] We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in…

At Home in the House of the Lord

Once there was a boy who got separated from his mother in a busy shopping mall. He was found by a security guard who took him back to the mall security office and gave him candy and let him watch a movie. When the security guard found the boy’s mother his comment to him was,…

Christmas, 2020

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…