“He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.” (Psalm 1:3 NIV)
Atree does not survive the dry season because the weather is kind, but because its roots are deep. In many African villages, a tree planted near…
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The…
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. (Acts 13:2-3 NIV)
In Acts 13, the church at Antioch…
“And he asked them, “Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” (Matthew 22:20-21 NIV)
In a tense encounter during His final week, Jesus is asked a question meant to trap Him between political loyalty and…
“While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see: a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” (Luke 24:36 & 39 NIV)
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“When he came near the place where the road goes down to the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 'Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Luke 19:37-38a NIV)
Today is Palm Sunday,…