False Dilemmas — Readers’ Choice
Scripture Focus: Mark 12.15-1715 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?” But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought...
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Scripture Focus: 2 Chronicles 30.18-1918 Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what...
View ArticleIn Medias Res
Scripture Focus: Mark 1.1-81 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, 2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare...
View ArticleFaith After the Storm
Scripture Focus: Mark 4.37-4137 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and...
View ArticleElijah Must Come First
Scripture Focus: Mark 9.9-139 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 They kept the matter...
View ArticleHot-Button Conundrums
Scripture Focus: Mark 10.4-104 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” 5 “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus...
View ArticleA Prayer for Times of Trouble
Scripture Focus: Proverbs 24:10-1210 If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength! 11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. 12 If...
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