Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father […]
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Today’s scripture challenges us to work together as a single Christian entity and use our individual talents to reach out to the lost of the world. Whatever your specific talents, and shortcomings, happen to be, team up with others who can complement that talent to plant spiritual seeds in our […]
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with […]
I have a couple of illustrations for you. Paul says, “If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be?” and then he says “If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?” Even so the body is not made up of one part […]
And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was. In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,“You are my Son; today I have become your Father.”And […]
How are we able to approach God with great confidence? Because Jesus stands in our place as intercessor. We do not need to go through a priest or through the Virgin Mary, we have a direct connection into the Holy of Holies. It is because of this direct connection that […]
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is […]
When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. If so, the host who invited […]
I have been interviewing those who participated in the last meal that this man provided. Nobody that I have talked to saw the stash of food that seemed to be present.
Yes, you heard correctly. As they were gathered to hear this famous teacher, his bullying bodyguards stole a child’s lunch from him in order to feed others. They first asked politely, and then forcefully took, little John Baptiste’s lunch.