If you’re like many Christians, you’ll have entered 2017 with a plan to read the whole Bible this year. Perhaps from Genesis to Revelation, perhaps a chronological plan, or perhaps another reading plan such as the one we suggested recently here: http://www.bibleclassmaterial.com/ It’s a regrettable truth, though, that many well-meaning Christians will not keep up...
Acts 8:14–17 (ESV) — 14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they...
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” – Matthew 6:4 This is the second of the teachings of Jesus that are known collectively as The Beatitudes. Each beatitude opens with the word “Blessed” which simply means “happy”. Each time Jesus is going to describe who the happy people are. Here in verse 4 the...
Luke 2:12 – “And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” Out driving this week I found myself in an unfamiliar part of town looking for a recording studio that one of my daughters had a recording session at. I was...
