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Treasured Book 2 Timothy 3:15— “from childhood, you have been acquainted” Holy Book 2 Timothy 3:15 – “sacred writings” Authoritative Book 2 Timothy 3:15 – “able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” God’s Book 2 Timothy 3:16 – “All scripture is inspired by God“ Will we be people…

Does God care about how I treat people? Who is my neighbor? But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by…

Necessity of Change I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. The meaning of this verse has been established in detail by J. Jeremias (N.T.S. ii. 151–9). The Semitic word-pair ‘flesh and blood’ is ‘only applied to living…

All people adore something. Christians know they should adore/worship God. The desire to worship must be channeled toward God in Christ. We have a challenging time directing our worship because we continue the modern exaggerated division between the secular and sacred. Just a few generations before us,…

He Breathed On Them? John 20:19-23 When it was evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because they feared the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 Having said this, he showed them his hands and his side.…

Justin Taylor described how The bubonic plague or black death devastated Europe from the 14th to 16th centuries. The plague came out of China in around 1347 and killed 1/4 of Europe. The mortality rate ranged from 30 to 90 percent. In 1527 Martin Luther wrote “ Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague.”…

John Bunyan authored one of the most published works in the English language. You may not have known that he spent time in prison—for preaching without a license from the government. He could have been released from prison if he promised to stop preaching, but he had a higher commitment. Still he suffered.…