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Can you imagine having crowds follow you everywhere, wanting you to solve their problems? Pastors and teachers can probably identify with the exhaustion Jesus and his disciples must have felt in...
Read MoreAs a first-year public school music teacher and church musician, I looked forward to observing Good Friday and Easter. I wanted the children in my classes to understand why Good Friday...
Read MoreThe psalmist says in verse 15, “I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.” He thinks that his righteousness will allow him...
Read MoreYou said if I cleaned my room, did all my homework, and fed the dog, we could do something special.” Youngsters asking favors of parents often start their pleading with such...
Read MoreWe recall the Jacob who fled his home. We remember the Jacob so weary that with a rock for a pillow he lay down to sleep. That was the Jacob who...
Read MoreJacob, while God’s man, is a fighter. He struggled with Esau, his twin, while still in the womb. During birth, he grabbed firstborn Esau’s heel. Later, he cheated Esau out of...
Read MoreLaban tricks Jacob into working another seven years for the woman he loves, Laban’s daughter Rachel. We don’t know from the passage what kind of worker Jacob is. We know that...
Read MoreThe kingdom of heaven is worth all that we have or ever will have. Today’s parables indicate the kingdom’s unparalleled worth. What is God’s kingdom? The kingdom of God is both...
Read MorePaul writes to the church in Rome and raises three momentous questions to help the members understand more clearly their relationship to God through the person and work of Jesus Christ....
Read MoreSmall beginnings mark the growth of God’s reign. A tiny, seemingly insignificant mustard seed can yield a flourishing tree—a tree large enough for birds to live in, produce buds from which...
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