The Testimony of John the Baptist 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said,…
The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the…
As we begin the Gospel of John, we are immediately faced with the concept that Jesus has been around since the beginning of time. To supplement our Gospel story, an article by Robert Bowman Jr. that gives us some insights into the religious group called the Jehovah’s Witness. As an introduction a summary of the…
Brother, beloved, disciple: John We begin a journey in the summer of 2015 by learning about one of the original and last of the original 12 disciples of Jesus Christ. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome. His life was rich, full and long lasting. John was one of the rare individuals that followed…
This summer we begin a journey through one of the most epic books in the bible, the Gospel of John. This is going to be a grand adventure that will take us deeper within ourselves and closer to Jesus. Don’t pass up this life altering opportunity. Invite a friend, invite a stranger, invite an enemy.…
The message of the New Testament (NT) cannot be separated from that of the Old Testament (OT). The OT promised that God would save his people, beginning with the promise that the seed of the woman would triumph over the seed of the Serpent (Gen. 3:15)A. John the Baptist summoned the people of Israel to…
The statistics are staggering. According to our friends at Covenant Eyes: 1 in 5 mobile searches are for pornography. 64% of Christian men say they watch porn at least once per month. 56% of divorce cases involved one party having an obsessive interest in pornographic websites. 68% of young adult men and 18% of women…
We all have one, many of us have multiple. We have had sermons preached to us, we have read much of it and are intrigued by parts of it. Today we take a step back and take a broad look at the mosaic of our bible. So to begin with, let’s hit the basics and…
Actually we probably all have more than one. I know I got a whole shelf of them. I even have multiple apps on my mobile devices that reference what we know as the bible; the Holy Scriptures. This week we take a step back and look at the mosaic of this life sustaining gift from…
In a beautiful conclusion of our Recovering Redemption series, Matt closes out with some wise counsel from Jesus captured in Matthew chapter 5. We started out the series with either internal or external issues that show things are not all okay. They can be spiritual, physical or emotional, but regardless, those things are systematic, not…