We continue the Jesus Said What? series today, with one of my favorite stories. Lets pick up in Matthew 8:23-27 (ESV) “And when He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves, but He wasContinue reading “Jesus Calms the Storm”
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Does Paul forbid women to speak in church in 1 Timothy Chapter 2?
I Timothy 2 v 11 to 14 – “Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived andContinue reading “Does Paul forbid women to speak in church in 1 Timothy Chapter 2?”
Jesus Said What?!?
The Golden Rule Matthew 7 v 12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” This is quite possibly the most famous thing Jesus ever said. It is popularly known as The Golden Rule. Many even refer to this statement fromContinue reading “Jesus Said What?!?”
Jesus Said What
Ask, Seek, and Knock We are currently in a prolonged series called Jesus Said What?!?. We are focusing on the Red Words of the Bible, which are the words of Jesus while he was on earth. Jesus’ words have been the foundation of most the western civilization’s ethics, Christian and even secular. For those whoContinue reading “Jesus Said What”
A Call to Secret Service
The passage we will be studying today is long. It is Matthew 6 v 1 -18. We continue in the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus is talking about the way a Christian must live. As way of introducing the content of today’s passage, I would say the very first verse of this passageContinue reading “A Call to Secret Service”
Jesus Said What?!? Ep.10
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES Mathew 5 v 43-48 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evilContinue reading “Jesus Said What?!? Ep.10”
Jesus Said What?!? Part 2
This week we find ourselves in the gospel of Matthew again. We come onto the scene of Jesus’ first public appearance in this passage. Since his birth, escape from Herod into Egypt, and ,ensuing return to Nazareth in Galilee, a 30yr old Jesus reappears on the scene at the river of Jordan, to be baptizedContinue reading “Jesus Said What?!? Part 2”
Jesus Said What?!?
“Seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they not understand” I am excited about this new series on Pick Up Your Bible, called “Jesus Said What?!?”. This series is an attempt to identify things that Jesus said that might be hard to grasp at first, but when we pauseContinue reading “Jesus Said What?!?”
The Desert of Unanswered Prayers
Potentially one of the most difficult aspects of walking the Christian life is prayer. I don’t mind being completely honest about this because it is indeed quite mysterious and wonderous, and hard to grasp. And a common theme with humans is this tendency to take the awesome and inexplicable and make it quite ordinary andContinue reading “The Desert of Unanswered Prayers”
Why Pray if God does His Will anyways?
In his book Secrets of a Prayer Warrior, Derek Prince makes the observation that the quality of our prayers rests on the image of God we have in our mind. Each of us has indeed created some sort of image of God, the Father in our mind. Maybe we see Him as a judge seekingContinue reading “Why Pray if God does His Will anyways?”
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