For three years, Jesus had taught his disciples incredible truths. Dispelling falsehoods found in the manufactured faith of the religious elite in Jerusalem, Jesus instructed his chosen men in the matters they would take to others after his death. Now, this hour—the hour of his death—had drawn near. With all the determination of a Hebrew […]
I shared the gospel with a family. The husband and wife began attending church with their two daughters, Julie and Cynthia, and their son, Nick. The children received Christ and baptism. Today, more than 40 years later, the family and all three children still attend church regularly and live their lives for the Lord Jesus. […]
I stopped listening to Professor Miller’s answers to students’ questions after only a few days in his class. He had two PhDs and could intelligently discuss any topic under the sun, but he somehow managed to make basic college math unintelligible. He repeated the same complex answers over and over as though the repetition was […]
Authority. It’s one of those words we love and hate. We love it in relation to others: “When the neighbors kept lighting fireworks past 11 p.m., thank goodness the authorities ordered them to stop.” But we hate it in relation to ourselves: “When I turned my front yard into an alpaca farm, the authorities ordered […]
Heart pounding, the woman tentatively stepped into the small house knowing she was about to do something completely unheard of, something everyone else in the room, except Jesus, wouldn’t understand. Perhaps they would even throw her out of the house, or at the very least, ridicule her. But she didn’t care, not really; it wasn’t […]
