In this chapter, we see the kingdom of God made visible and the world’s opposition that inevitably arises against the Lord

The gathering storm of conflict between Jesus and the Jewish Leaders has grown and is now near full strength. The High Priest and the Sanhedrin bring Jesus to trial.

The Eighth Commandment forbids stealing, but what does that prohibition cover? The brief nature of the commandment highlights its broad application - covering obvious and subtle violations. We also must understand why we break the commandment, by failing to trust God's provision and having an inflated sense of self-importance.

We can learn much from grief. Grief is not wrong, and it gives us an opportunity to remember and to show our love.

The Seventh Commandment gives us God's view of marriage, men and women, and sexuality.

The opening chapter of the book brings a change in the ruler of Israel.

James places our eyes on the return of Christ to show us the ‘precious fruit’, the harvest of our trials on this earth. God is at work in all our trials to conform us to the image of His Son.

In the 6th Commandment, the Lord calls us to promote a culture of life and to acknowledge that He is the sovereign Lord of life and death.

In Philippians 3, the Apostle Paul draws a sharp distinction between those who fixate on the state of the world and all it pretends to offer and those who know that their “Citizenship is in Heaven.”