Text: Luke 10:25-37
Introduction: Kitty Genovese was the oldest of five children in a middle class, Italian-American family raised in Brooklyn, New York. After her mother witnessed a... Read More »
Prayer meetings can get you down. No matter how much you look forward to gathering with friends to pray, the requests can be disheartening. A missionary is having health problems. A... Read More »
This week we are examining James 5:7-12 and seeing the challenge to a life that displays biblical patience. Yesterday we saw the need for patience as we await the Lord’s return.... Read More »
We enter a concert hall, find our seats, and listen with anticipation as the members of the orchestra tune their instruments. The sound is discordant, not melodic. But the tuning is... Read More »
The book of James is often referred to as the “Proverbs” of the New Testament because its primary emphasis is on wise living. It is a thoroughly practical book, written to... Read More »
When we were children, my brother and I recited this prayer every night before supper: “God is great, God is good. Let us thank Him for this food.” For years I spoke the... Read More »
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears
I hid... Read More »
“With [God's] left hand he governs the world through the ordinances of the word. And now he has suddenly removed his left hand, and we are committed with an unparalleled... Read More »
We are looking at some of the “mysteries” revealed by God for us. Paul uses the word “mystery” to refer to a secret we could not figure out by ourselves.... Read More »
We are looking this week at some of the mysteries of life revealed in the New Testament. They are huge, and should affect how we live and think and hope. Today we... Read More »