Day 11—Romans 5:1-11  1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but [...]

Day 9—Matthew 28:16-20  16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go [...]

Day 9—Colossians 2:9-13 9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your sinful nature was [...]

Day 8—Romans 4:1-12, 18-25 1 What then shall we say that Abraham, the forefather of us Jews, discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. 3 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” [...]

Day 7—Romans 3:21-26 21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall [...]

Day 6—Matthew 4:23-25; 5:1-2, 7-20  23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the [...]

Day 5—John 15:18-25     18“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates [...]

Day 4—John 8:21-30  21 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”     22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?” [...]

Day 3—John 5:16-30  16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to [...]

Day 2—John 3:1-8 1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if [...]

Day 1—John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes [...]

Ok.  (a big breath…and then a big exhale) I have decided to do a bible study of salvation over the next 30 days right here on my blog.  Each day I will choose a passage referring to some aspect of salvation and briefly discuss the passage openly.  I truly believe this will be and interesting study for long [...]

Do the Luke Challenge! We have designed for our teens and adults who attend our Wednesday Night Mission 454 Class an easy and casual reading plan that will gradually take us through the gospel book of Luke in three months (February, March & April). Basically, the plan will require each of us to read two chapters [...]

“People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the [...]

Not all change is bad. Change can be good. For example, if you are in the habit of doing something harmful to your body, then making the change to stop doing that harmful thing would be a good change. Or how about this, what if during your daily reading of Scripture you notice something that [...]