As Peter calls us aliens and strangers in 2:11-12, he explains what that looks like in the main areas of our life in 2:13-4:11 (government, work, family and church family)…
Paul calls us citizens of heaven and challenges us to show by our life that we are. Since Jesus is our King, we must demonstrate to this world that we…
The growing young church continues to have growing pains as a sharp division becomes apparent when the Greek speaking Jewish widows are overlooked in the daily distribution of food. Yet…
Barnabas and Ananias and Sapphira, display two approaches to serving God. The former for God, the latter for themselves. What do we lose when we want to serve God only…
What happened as the result of Peter's Pentecost sermon? 3000 souls were added to the church and they grew. How? How did they now what to do? Listen to what…
The 11 apostles and the other disciples wait for Jesus' promise to come true about the coming Holy Spirit. While waiting they pray, they read God's Word and in doing…
John explains to his readers that one believes in Jesus should show others the kind of love Jesus and God have shown them. Sacrificial, selfless, others-first kind of love with…
In these few verses, a mother reminds her son (Lemuel), a Gentile king around the time of Solomon, to conduct himself wisely and speak up for the needs of the…
In this passage Nehemiah needs great wisdom and understanding how to unite God's people to the task of rebuilding the gates and walls of Jerusalem. These walls have sat for…
