6 They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, 7 who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The pro...  Read More

This is what the LORD says:6“For three sins of Israel,    even for four, I will not relent.They sell the innocent for silver,    and the needy for a pair of sandals.7 They trample on the heads of the ...  Read More

Genesis 3:14-19 Stepping on Snakes"The LORD God said to the serpent,'Because you have done this,    cursed are you among all animals    and among all wild creatures;upon your belly you shall go,    an...  Read More

Acts 2:41-47- The Community of God41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching an...  Read More

Gideon, The Most Reluctant WarlordJudges 6:11-1211 NOW THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME AND SAT UNDER THE OAK AT OPHRAH, WHICH BELONGED TO JOASH THE ABIEZRITE, AS HIS SON GIDEON WAS BEATING OUT WHEAT IN THE...  Read More

“As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. 30 Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. 31 So h...  Read More

“What do you think? Which one of these three was a neighbor to the man who encountered thieves?” Then the legal expert said, “The one who demonstrated mercy towards him.”Jesus said, “go and do likewis...  Read More

22 “CONSIDER THIS, YOU WHO FORGET GOD,    OR I WILL TEAR YOU TO PIECES, WITH NO ONE TO RESCUE YOU:23 THOSE WHO SACRIFICE THANK OFFERINGS HONOR ME,    AND TO THE BLAMELESS I WILL SHOW MY SALVATION.” -P...  Read More

Genesis 15 Part 2: The Smoking Pot9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”10 Abram brought all these to him, cut th...  Read More

“[Abraham] has now permitted God to be not a hypothesis about the future, but the voice around which his life is organized.” -Walter BrueggemanGenesis 15 Part 1: Faith and Doubt15 After this, the word...  Read More

The Goal of Instruction “The goal of instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.” -1 Timothy 1:5Timothy the InstructorPaul left Timothy to deal with the church at Ep...  Read More

Colossians 1:15-2015The Son is the image of the invisible God,the one who is first over all creation,16 Because all things were created by him:both in the heavens and on the earth,the things that are ...  Read More