[The Twelve] went out and preached that people should repent. Mark 6:12 In Chapter 6, Mark presents us with an interesting juxtaposition of events in the earthly ministry of Jesus. He […]

“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.  Come and see the place where he lay.  Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from […]

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.  The crowds that went ahead of him […]

“The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save.  He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you […]

[Jesus] said to [the disciples at the Last Supper], “It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me.  […]

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.  He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but […]

[The Levites] were to serve before the LORD regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.  And so the Levites carried out their responsibilities for the Tent […]

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of […]

“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine through the land – not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a […]

“I also raised up prophets from among your sons and Nazirites from among your young men.  Is this not true, people of Israel?” declares the LORD.  “But you made the […]

I cry to you, O LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” Psalm 142:5 There is perhaps a deeper (unintentional?) truth embedded […]

Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel.  There was no-one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.  He held fast to […]

[An elder] must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. Titus […]

The men who had leprosy reached the edge of the camp and entered one of the tents.  They ate and drank, and carried away silver, gold and clothes, and went […]

The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of […]