1 Thessalonians 2:20 – For you are our glory and joy. Yesterday, we looked at the first of two important questions: Who is God? Today, we will answer the question “Who are You?” in the context of who God is and who He has created us to be. As brand-new believers in Jesus Christ, Paul … Read more
Ephesians 5:28 – In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. If you’re a husband whose wife is having a tough season, or even a tough day, where the Enemy is attacking her, one of the most powerful things you can do is … Read more
Philippians 4:3 – …the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. As we read through Nehemiah, this incredibly practical book on leadership, it would be easy to skip chapter 3, thinking that it’s too boring and just reads like the Hebrew phone book. However, imagine if your name, your … Read more
Nehemiah 3:1 – Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of the Hananel. As you read Nehemiah 3, stop for a … Read more
Nehemiah 2:12 – Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. In this section of Nehemiah’s journal, we learn two … Read more
We were made by God to mirror Him. When we do not mirror him, we mirror someone else. This simple fact explains much of our fascination with celebrities, social media, and an increasingly unhealthy, unhappy, and unholy world. Dr. Drew Pinsky is a regular television expert on human addiction, behavior, and culture. Some years ago, … Read more
Genesis 3:4-5 – But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” In Genesis 3, when Satan, dressed as a Serpent, appears to our first parents, he starts by … Read more
In this clip from Romans, Pastor Mark answers the question on how to discern evil people from foolish and wise.
World religions did not come up with the idea of equal rights. Nor did it originate in a secular, non-religious outlook. No major faith apart from Christianity mandates a deep commitment to the equality of all people. In every other religion certain individuals and classes rank higher than others on a ladder of spiritual attainment. … Read more
Romans 16:1-16 – I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and … Read more
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his … Read more
The Bible is clear that men and women, unlike the rest of creation, are made in the image of God (1). Furthermore, the Bible repeats this truth after sin enters the world, which means that even though sin has stained and marred us, we remain God’s image bearers (2). The word image is often translated … Read more