A prayer for the coming Independence Day from Psalm 33:12-22: Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men; from His dwelling place He looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, […]
Whatever else you may say about the apostles Paul and Barnabas, you cannot deny that they were men of integrity. At least two of their statements in Acts 14 bear this out. After Paul was used by God to heal a lame man in the city of Lystra, the people praised Paul and Barnabas as […]
Jesus’ teachings were often opposed by the Jews, especially the Jewish leaders. Such opposition would also be encountered by His apostles. After Paul and Barnabas spoke one Sabbath in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch, the people begged them to return and teach again the next Sabbath (Acts 13:42). On that next Sabbath, it says nearly […]
Paul wrote to Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:14-17: You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them; And that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in […]