“He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30).
This was John the Baptist’s answer to his disciples who were concerned that Jesus was “appropriating” their ministry. From their perspective, it felt like Jesus was “stealing” the stage from...
The Berean Lamp Memory Verse for this week is:
“Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus” (Romans 6:11).
Early Christians had an idea that there were different types of martyrdom. While they got a little carried away with their imaginations...
“Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship” (Romans 12:1).
How do you worship God? With hymns and praise songs? Do you know that all things in...
The Berean Lamp Memory Verse for this week is:
“Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship” (Romans 12:1).
In this Memory Verse...
“We love, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19).
Every Believer is joined to Jesus in a spiritual form of marriage: “the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him” (1 Cor. 6:17). The standards the New Testament gives husbands for marriage come...
“No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him” (John 1:8 NASB).
Some people like to stress that Jesus is “the Son of God” rather than God, as if there is a distinction to be made in their natures. ...
“Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, ‘Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for Me’” (Hebrews 10:5 NASB).
Only God is infinitely Holy and righteous: “the Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just...
Our Memory Verse for this week comes from Hebrews 10:5, where Jesus prophecies that He would come among mankind in a body of flesh and blood. Last week, we looked at the triune nature of God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This week, as we prepare for Christmas, let's look at the mystery of how...
Our Memory Verse for this week comes from Psalm 59:4. Here David speaks about those who falsely accused him and made him their scapegoat. In like manner we so often try to make people (or things) bear the full responsibility or blame for things in which we are not...
“And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7 NASB).
It was not by accident that Jesus was first seen by the world in a manger—a trough (a “dinner plate&rdquo...
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