Sep 3, 2018 | Word Among Us
Cleanse first the inside of the cup. Ice cream sundaes, quickly consumed, can leave a lovely fluted dish splotched with leftover cherry pits, chocolate sprinkles, and nuts. The dish looks pretty on the outside, but the inside is a sticky mess. That’s like the...
Sep 1, 2018 | Word Among Us
Your faith flourishes ever more. The Thessalonians were going through a rough patch. They were being persecuted. A false prophecy or a letter forged under Paul’s name said that the Second Coming was imminent, and it left the community unsettled. Some members...
Aug 31, 2018 | Word Among Us
You will see heaven opened. Under a fig tree. That’s where Nathanael (Bartholomew) was when Jesus “saw” him. What was he doing there? Maybe eating lunch or thinking about his to-do list. Maybe daydreaming. Some have speculated that because it was...
Aug 30, 2018 | Word Among Us
How is it that you came in here without a wedding garment? Suppose you’re invited to a good friend’s wedding. After the ceremony, you enter the reception hall and you notice another guest, his face unshaven, wearing blue jeans and a tattered T-shirt, greedily...
Aug 29, 2018 | Word Among Us
Am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Imagine the following impossible scenario: you walk into a car dealership and say, “I want to buy one of your cars, but I only have five dollars.” Then the dealer hands you the keys to a brand-new Mercedes- Benz and...
Aug 28, 2018 | Word Among Us
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God. Why do you think Jesus made such a strange, disquieting statement about the wealthy? Did he disdain the prosperous and abhor their affluence? No,...
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