----------------------------- (…continued) Part three (of Mark 1:14-20) is the response of those who first heard Jesus utter these words. First, Jesus spoke to Simon, later called Peter, and his…
Mark 1:14b-20 -- Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the…
The Lamb of God, by Francisco de Zurbaran, 1635 ------------------------------ (...continued) Sin is a powerful force in the world, and a lamb is not the first image…
Three salesmen walk into a motel to get a room. (This is not a joke; it is a math problem, so grab a pencil). The men tell the…
--------------------------------- By John Piper in A Godward Life: Book Two, Multnomah Press, 1999, pages 123-4. --------------------------------- When Jesus was dead and buried, with a big stone rolled against the…
The document states (top half): "Know all men by these presents that I Harry Richardson (free man of color) do by this instrument of writing manumit and forever set free from…
---------------------------------- By Eric Metaxas at: www.breakpoint.org (February 19, 2016) ----------------------------------- “Ben Hur,” “The Robe,” “The Ten Commandments,” “Quo Vadis?”—who can forget the golden age of biblical films? But…
On Christmas morning in 1892 a little girl finished opening all her presents and then said to her father, “Wouldn’t it be great if it could be…
The legends of most ancient people tell of gods and goddesses visiting the earth. They come and go capriciously, sometimes showing favor, sometimes visiting disaster. They were of…
(...continued) We see in the Bible that God chooses to do his most extra-ordinary work in very ordinary ways... There are a couple things to…