While he was a prisoner on the island of Patmos, the apostle John had an amazing vision of heaven. Jesus told John to write down...

Paul was in custody in Caesarea, the capital of the Roman province of Judea. The Jewish leaders had brought serious charges against him,...

I have never been a farmer or a soldier. I imagine I am not alone. Because of this, when the Bible uses these as metaphors for living in...

After a brief greeting, Paul in Ephesians 1 praised God for all He accomplished through Christ for our redemption and restoration (vv....

We have a nagging tendency to equate “good” with “easy” and “bad” with “difficult.” If something is easy and comfortable, we see it as...

Paul’s third missionary journey was unlike his first two because he didn’t set out to plant churches. Instead, his mission was to...

There are some things we hope for which are completely out of our control. Whether or not what we hope for happens, from our perspective,...

The Gospel Is What Saves Us Few of us, I hope, would doubt that the gospel alone is what saves us. The Bible is clear that there is no...

One of the challenges of covering Paul’s missionary journeys is that there is so much content in each. Often, that means taking a higher...

We know better. Nothing is really free, is it? That “free” weekend get-a-away isn’t really free—you “pay” for it by enduring a four hour...

This week’s session covers the pastoral epistles that Paul wrote to Timothy and Titus!

Philip: The Practical One I would think that Peter appreciates this story because for once he isn’t the disciple putting his foot in his...

When We Pray, We Pray as Children to Our Father The first word of the model prayer is striking—even if this fact can be easily lost on...

A story from Brian Dembowczyk from The Gospel Project: This week we study perhaps my favorite Bible story in all of Scripture. I have...

The People Were Willing to Accept Jesus as Their Messiah When Jesus was in His hometown of Nazareth, He went into the synagogue on the...

Has anyone ever asked you if you were hungry? Chances are, they asked not purely because they cared about your well-being, but because...

Humility Is Not Thinking Less of Yourself A common definition of humility goes something like this: Humility is thinking less of...

Temptation to Sin When we think of being tempted to sin, we probably think of our “choice” in these terms: “Will I choose to sin or not.”...

One important truth about the Messiah, a truth that many in Israel missed, was that He would be provided for all humanity. Jesus did not...

Think of the barren women we encounter in Scripture. Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel in Genesis, Hannah in 1 Samuel, and here, in Luke 1,...