The Parable of the Older Son
The story continues. This time focusing on the older son. It starts with Now . . . ,1 signaling a shift—Jesus exhibits a contrast. Coming in from the field the…
The story continues. This time focusing on the older son. It starts with Now . . . ,1 signaling a shift—Jesus exhibits a contrast. Coming in from the field the…
The story begins with Jesus relating a parable of a man who had two sons. He starts with the younger son, who asked the father for his share of the…
All throughout Scripture we find the declaration, “Thus says the LORD.” We were fashioned with ears that we may hear; yet, we numb our sense of hearing. As a loving…
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.1 What used to be an impossibility is now possible through the finish work of Jesus…
Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry—[2 Timothy 4:11]. Having a winner working along-side you is every leader’s desire. Where did…
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for…
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah1Differing from animals we are created in the image of God.2 We are body,…
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places—[Ephesians 1:3]So when God desired to…
And they devoted themselves to the apostle’s teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.1Evidently, the root word for devoted is vote. Intuitively, if you are…
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male…