Monthly Archives: March 2019
Gifted to make a contribution
Exodus 31 records the Lord’s statement that He purposefully filled Bezalel with His Spirit, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts – such as were needed for the building of the portable tabernacle they would … Continue reading
The Good Shepherd
Do you feel lost sometimes? At times vulnerable and confused? That is the way Jesus saw the multitudes around him, “distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd.” (Matthew 9:36) He knows that some of the trouble we find … Continue reading
Evangelism
In Acts 17, Paul’s usual strategy is repeated three times – that of starting his ministry to the population of a town at the Jewish synagogue (2, 10, 17). This may have been a calculated decision to begin with the … Continue reading
But I am a clumsy speaker!
In Exodus 6, Moses repeats his complaint that God has chosen the wrong man for the job of leading His people out of Egypt. He is clumsy of speech, Moses says. Neither Pharaoh nor his own people will listen to … Continue reading
Legalism
In Acts 15, the legalists came from Jerusalem with their unsolicited and unendorsed opinion that Gentile converts must be circumcised and follow the other laws of Moses to be forgiven and to have eternal life. This doctrinal challenge spurred the … Continue reading
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