Two weeks ago we visited this verse, “I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail, and when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers” (Luke 22:32). Jesus prayed for Simon Peter then, in the last hours of his life on this earth...

This very first prayer of Jesus was interrupted by the heavens being split open. We want to learn to pray like that. We want the Holy Spirit’s power unleashed through our prayers.

The heavens are split, torn apart. The verb in Mark 1:10 is schizo. It...

This very first prayer of Jesus was interrupted by the heavens being split open. We want to learn to pray like that. We want the Holy Spirit’s power unleashed through our prayers.

The heavens are split, torn apart. The verb in Mark 1:10 is schizo. It...

“Do not repay anyone evil for evil.” This statement pertains both to your church family and to outsiders. Paul mentions “enemy” in verse 20. So we should see this instruction as once again helping us live and witness to Christ in the...

“Do not repay anyone evil for evil.” This statement pertains both to your church family and to outsiders. Paul mentions “enemy” in verse 20. So we should see this instruction as once again helping us live and witness to Christ in the...

We noticed last week that at the end of verse 13 Paul instructs us to “Practice hospitality.” I said then that “hospitality” is built from phileo, meaning love, and xenia, “strangers.” This care for strangers, for foreigners, is consistent in the...

We noticed last week that at the end of verse 13 Paul instructs us to “Practice hospitality.” I said then that “hospitality” is built from phileo, meaning love, and xenia, “strangers.” This care for strangers, for foreigners, is consistent in the...

Now the Apostle turns to attitudes and behavior—to manners at the table. This is how you behave at the table of the Lord.

This is the Apostle Paul offering some training exercise for Christ-like morality, Christ-like attitudes, and Christ-like...

Now the Apostle turns to attitudes and behavior—to manners at the table. This is how you behave at the table of the Lord.

This is the Apostle Paul offering some training exercise for Christ-like morality, Christ-like attitudes, and Christ-like...

Renew your mind. Think of yourself with sober judgment in accordance with faith.

Now the apostle launches into a catalog of gifts that may be evident among believers in any church. We usually identify four such lists in the New Testament: I...