Message: In Acts 7, Stephen had been brought before the Sanhedrin council and was falsely accused of blasphemy. Specifically, he was accused of saying that Jesus came to change the customs that Moses had handed down to their ancestors. They... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 6 as the church was growing, complaints started coming in that the widows were not being properly cared for. The apostles listened to these complaints and chose 7 men “of good reputation, full of the Spirit and... Continue reading →

Message: Two things really spoke to me in Acts 5 and they seemed like separate things, but they really aren’t. At the beginning of the chapter, Ananias and Saphira saw other people selling their land and donating the entire profit... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 4 Peter and John were taken before the priests for questioning about the paralyzed man that was healed. They asked them “under what power, or under what name” this man was healed. They wanted to punish them... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 3 Peter and John were walking to the temple for prayer when they saw the same paralyzed man they had seen begging for years. AS I was reading this I was thinking about the sudden transformation in... Continue reading →

Message: In Acts 2 the apostles were all gathered together in one place just as Jesus told them to do. The Holy Spirit filled the room and then filled them all. They began speaking in other languages as the Spirit... Continue reading →

Message: Proverbs 1 introduces us to a monologue style script of wisdom personified. Back in the days that I used to bounce around parts of the bible to read I didn’t quite understand that it was wisdom speaking here and... Continue reading →

Message: In John 21 the disciples have another surprise encounter with Jesus. After three years of following Jesus they returned to what they knew. Fishing. They didn’t catch anything and on the way in Jesus tells them to put the... Continue reading →

Message: In John 19 Pilate has Jesus flogged to try to appease the Jewish leaders. He questioned Jesus but he brought him back outside where the Jewish leaders were waiting and told them he found no legal grounds or charging... Continue reading →

Message:  In John 18 Jesus is arrested and being tried by the priests and the Roman officials. While the priests were fabricating charges the Roman officials were telling them they found no fault in him. While all of this is... Continue reading →

Message:  In Exodus 34 Moses went back up to the mountain to have the ten commandments remade after he destroyed them. God allowed Moses to experience the frustration with the people that he himself felt when they were down there... Continue reading →

Message: In John 16 Jesus is trying to tell them that he will be “going away” but they don’t understand what he’s talking about. He also begins explaining that when he goes it will be a good thing because even... Continue reading →

Message: John 15 has always been one of my favorite passages because I love the visual of the vine and the branches. As beautiful as that is there is a violent side to the beauty because of the pruning. I... Continue reading →

Message: In Exodus 32 Moses went up to the mountain to meet with God, and he left Aaron in charge. Aaron wasn’t just a babysitter. He had been with Moses and spoken on his behalf to Pharaoh through this entire... Continue reading →

Cleansing Grace Message: In John 13 when Jesus removed his robe and put a servant’s towel around his waist to wash his feet Peter was horrified. Jesus told him that he wouldn’t understand it then, but he would understand it... Continue reading →

Message: Reading John 12 I was noticing all of the small details spoken in old scripture were being fulfilled by Jesus. We are only aware because the scripture mentions each one that we read. I also noticed that Jesus said... Continue reading →

Message: Reading John 11 we see that Jesus was told that his friend Lazarus is dying. Instead of stopping everything to go and heal him, he stays another two days and then decides to go to Judea. By the time... Continue reading →

Message: In John 10 Jesus describes himself as the good shepherd who lays his life down for his sheep. His sheep recognize his voice and follow him. He describes the thief and robber as those who hop the wall of... Continue reading →

Message: In John 9 Jesus parallels physical blindness with spiritual blindness. When he encountered the blind man he told his disciples that they needed to quickly fulfill the tasks that God sent them to do because night (darkness) is coming... Continue reading →

Message: Reading through John 8 the people try to understand who he is and he constantly refers back to the father. He explains to them that if they knew the father, they would know him. They don’t get it and... Continue reading →