6 And Jesus said to them, ``Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 7 They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, `` He said that because we did not bring any ...
1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone ...
In the autumn of 2009, after I’d turned 50 and spent 22 years in pastoral ministry, I felt burnt out, disoriented, and lonely. My marriage was imploding. I knew I needed to leave ministry, but I was ...
1 Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; 2 and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but ...
26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27 and He who searches ...
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 8 in the future there ...
21 And He asked his father, ``How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, ``From childhood. 22 ``It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can ...
At salvation, you were born again and became a new creation. But what does that mean? Dr. Stanley discusses the characteristics of a person who has encountered the saving grace of God. He describes ...
Dr. Stanley shares the importance of being an active part of the church. Everyone who wants to maintain a growing relationship with Jesus Christ needs to be committed to a local body of believers. If ...
1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that ...
1 The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
11 So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my mind to do for Jerusalem and there was ...