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Paul defends the authenticity of his message and authority as an apostle, he was commissioned by the risen Jesus himself, to go to the non-Jewish world. Paul says, it was only later, that he went to Jerusalem to consult the other apostles like Peter and James, and when he told them, he was not...

Acts chapters 13-14, Paul wrote the Galatians from a place of deep passion and frustration. Christianity began as a Jewish Messianic movement in Jerusalem, but it’s message was for all humanity and it quickly spread beyond Israel. By Paul’s time as a missionary, there were as many non-Jews, as...

Acts 8:9-13, We get a specific episode in Samaria that concerns Simon, Simon the magician. In verse 9, There was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all paid attention to him from the...

The Bible has a more robust, a really different version of what wisdom is. The Bible talks about knowledge, it talks about understanding, but notice it has different words for that, wisdom and particularly Paul has one Old Testament passage in the back of his head, Exodus 31:1-3. God’s designing...

Atoning sacrifice, this language of sacrifice is really significant. 1 John 1:5-2:2, vandalism, “sin” that we introduce into God’s good world, but what does Jesus do about that? The blood of Jesus purifies us, a metaphor for Jesus’ death, his execution on the cross. Purification is connected...

John 3:16 tells us that the problem of humanity was never ignorance and the solution was never religion, it tells us that love moved first before repentance, before understanding, before worthiness. God did not wait for the world to become lovable, he loved first and gave. John 3:16 carries the...

Abraham, what part of Abraham, do you not understand?

You don’t face mindless monsters or chaotic shadows, but organized, intelligent and deliberate principalities, each with a purpose and each with a specific assignment to corrupt the sons of men. The enemy you face today, an enemy that slips into your lives through the cracks of your character...

Ephesians 3:2-13, the word mystery is used three times, the mystery made known by revelation, insight into the mystery, the mystery through the gospel, when we hear the word mystery, we think of something that’s super obscure, incomprehensible and can’t really be understood. The Bible, mystery...

Here lies the heart of the problem, denying Jesus is not only saying that he does not exist, it is refusing submission to him, living as if he does not have authority over our choices. Some people even call Jesus savior, but they do not treat him as Lord, wanting the benefits of grace, without...

Psalm 23:5, my cup runs over, overflow is not luxury, it’s not God showing off or divine excess for entertainment, overflow is assignment. A full cup means God has given you enough for yourself, an overflowing cup means God has given you something that cannot stay with you, it must pour into...

We see one more thing, the thing Psalm 23 has been building toward from its very first word, the thing hidden at the center of this ancient psalm, that connects the green pastures of Bethlehem to an empty tomb outside Jerusalem. The shepherd who leads his sheep through the valley of zalmovet...

You are fireproof!