Discipleship Minute #4

Read Luke 10:38-42.Can you imagine what you might do if you Jesus were coming for dinner? In this passage, we see what Jesus’s friends, sisters Martha and Mary, were doing. Martha was making sure all the details of the house and the meal were just right. Mary was sitting and listening at the feet of … Continue reading Discipleship Minute #4 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 18)

Change was again introduced into the world. The act of Eve and Adam in violation of God’s command brought sin into the world.We have to return to the definitions of sin that we introduced earlier. Sin refers to “violating of the law of God,” “breaking covenant with God,” and “willful and prideful rebellion against God.” … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 18) →

Discipleship Minute #3

Read Romans 6:1-11.Some of you were baptized as children. Others, like me, were baptized as teenagers or later. For the new believer, baptism is an essential step in obedience to Jesus Christ. Jesus even included this in what we called The Great Commission, His call to make disciples of all people.Why this act of immersion … Continue reading Discipleship Minute #3 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 17)

Satan, the embodiment of rebellion against God and evil, is present in the Garden. His task is to entice the first humans to enter into a state of rebellion and sin.Adam has one thing not to do. This is precisely what he did. Eve was tempted by Satan first and then gave the forbidden fruit … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 17) →

Discipleship Minute #2

Read Luke 19:1-10Most of us are familiar with the children’s song about Zacchaeus. He was a “wee little man,” but he was also a tax collector in league with the Roman occupation. To the Jewish people, this would make Zacchaeus a pariah in the community. But, he wanted to see Jesus. Perhaps it was curiosity … Continue reading Discipleship Minute #2 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 17)

Discipleship Minute #1

Read Luke 5:1-11.Jesus had borrowed one of Simon’s fishing boats in order to teach the crowds. He then asked Simon to put out his nets into a deep part of the water. The catch was phenomenal! It almost sank the boat.Simon had heard Jesus’s teaching, but now he saw Jesus’s power. The experience drove him … Continue reading Discipleship Minute #1 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 16)

The Hebrew word that is used here is Muwth (04191). The word is used over eight hundred times in the Old Testament and its meaning almost always has to do with death in some form.It is also interesting and significant to note in the passage that Adam does not ask for clarification about the meaning … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 16) →

Important Ministry Announcement 2020 #1

As a believer, what is the toughest prayer that you have ever prayed? Over the past several months, God has laid on my heart a passage from the Psalms that would definitely qualify as the toughest prayer I have ever prayed. Yet it is essential to the Christian life. On Wednesday, January 15, I will … Continue reading Important Ministry Announcement 2020 #1 →

It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 15)

God places the man in a garden and he and the woman begin their life together. God has only one prohibition.· “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for … Continue reading It Was a Cruel, Cruel World: Death and Life Before and After the Fall (Part 15) →