1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts. Do you believe God wants to use us to impact the world? Doesn’t it make sense that God would give his people tools to accomplish that? Even supernatural tools. I imagine you’re like me. Concern about a situation drives your desire Continue Reading…
John 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.” In 1804 Thomas Jefferson started cutting and pasting all the passages in the Gospels he Continue Reading…
John 8:10-11 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” I can’t imagine how this adulterous woman must have felt. Dragged from her literal bed Continue Reading…
Psalm 27:8 You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.” [ESV] “One of the reasons I’m a Christian is because of all the miracles I see God doing in my life,” explained one of my Public Speaking students. He described a series of situations, like Continue Reading…
Luke 3:23 “Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph” I love the little caveat Luke inserts into the genealogy of Jesus. Everyone thought Jesus to be the son of Joseph. Why wouldn’t they? As Mary’s Continue Reading…
Hebrews 1:14 “Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?” I’m not sure whether I’ve ever seen an angel, but one experience has caused me to wonder. Chip and I were students in Switzerland at L’Abri studying under Francis Schaeffer. We didn’t have much Continue Reading…
John 2:1;11 “On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.…What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory.” Even the start of the day hinted toward something supernatural… It began while I was sitting by Continue Reading…