Reading: Hebrews 13:12-4 I spent the last two weeks, almost three, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It was a nice time full of new opportunities, as I went primarily to teach Church History over two weeks at “Etnos”, a NTM Training School, yet also preached at several churches on the weekends. Yesterday morning I spoke at […]
[I apologize for not writing anything on the site in over a week. I've had many things on my mind to write about, but either I didn't have the time or the internet wouldn't be working at the time. Currently I am teaching an intensive 40 hour course on Church History in a NTM Training […]
Reading: Exodus 23 (Context: Law, Law, & more Law. We will talk briefly about this here, perhaps more later. The Laws here are detailing general rules & regulations for daily living, justice, & festivals) Exodus is similar in many ways to Numbers & Leviticus in that certain parts can be an incredible drag to read.All […]
[It's been a while since I last updated the website with a new post. My intention is to write two or so new devotional posts per week. Thanks to all who read! The site registers an average of 30 readers per day.] Over these past two weeks I have been teaching a new course at […]
Reading: Exodus 17 (After an impressive exodus from Egypt and an escape from the jaws of death by the shores of the Red Sea, some 1,000,000 Jews follow Moses as they begin to distrust him to care for them in the Arabian Desert. Their distrust is not of him though, it is ultimately of God, […]
Reading: Mark 8 (Context: Jesus continues to travel around in Northern Israel, where he heals many, and feeds 4,000 people with bread and fish. The “Great Confession” of Peter also takes place here, when he recognizes Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah. Ironically, this is followed directly by a “Great Deception”, if you will–he tells Jesus […]
Reading: 1 Corinthians 15 (Paul deals with a serious error that is being taught in the church of Corinth, if such a concept were to be endorsed there, it would become a heretical church. The heresy was saying that resurrection is not possible.) Paul defends the truth of the resurrection in the famed 15th chapter […]
Passage: Mark 4 (Context: A passage full of interesting and difficult parables, which are purposefully enveloped in mystery, for true “listeners” of the Bible to grapple with and understand.) Parables are tough to understand, and I don’t think I am alone in saying this. The Gospel’s themselves are difficult, and preachers often prefer to teach on […]
Reading: Mark 2 (Context: Jesus is making His presence and authority felt early, and the curiosity of the religiously distinguished Jews is growing. In chapter 2 we see Jesus forgive a paralytic’s sins, and then heal him physically, in order of importance. Later we see Jesus’ and His disciples “break the Law” on two separate occasions, first with […]
Reading: Mark 1 (Context: Mark is the first Gospel written, estimated to be written between 43-67 AD, and well-known to be the earliest Gospel written. The first New Testament book to be written may be Mark or James, perhaps even 1 Corinthians. The Gospel of Mark is written in a quick-fire sort of way, and it […]
