Harmless as Doves

Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Jesus gave this go mandate to the 12 apostles. They would be given authority to heal the sick, cast out demons and proclaim the gospel with...

The Call To Endure

We read in Hebrews 11:27 that Moses endured because he “saw” Him who is invisible. When this same writer is encouraging the saints to press on, he tells them to look unto Jesus and His example of enduring. Endurance is the God-given ability every child of God receives...

Togetherness

Although this might sound like a buzz-word from the late 60’s, it is in reality a key ingredient in the life of a church. In the early church, which consisted primarily of Jewish believers, they often gathered together “and had all thing in common.” We see on a...

Trials And Temptations

Today we begin our exposition of the petition, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:13) What makes this petition one of the most challenging to expound on is the fact that the original word for “temptation” can also refer to a trial....

The grace that gladdens the heart

Acts 11.20-23 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.  Then tidings of...