“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...
Our Memory Verse for this week comes from the book of Matthew, where Jesus warns that people will be judged for every careless word that they speak. We don't often think of our careless words as being "that bad," and we have a general attitude that words are the lesser of all evils, but...
“Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool” (Proverbs 28:26a).
Pastors and ministries have failed generations by preaching different gospels than The Gospel. This is no slight matter for Paul declared, “even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel...
Our Memory Verse for this week comes from Proverbs, where we see that we should not trust in our own minds, but that we must put all our trust and hope in the grace of God. Unfortunately, many churches and ministries preach a "self-help" or "self-improvement" gospel, in which we are to "work out...
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