“How can we picture God’s kingdom? What kind of story can we use? It’s like an acorn. When it lands on the ground it is quite small as...

“You don’t get wormy apples off a healthy tree, nor good apples off a diseased tree. The health of the apple tells the health of the...

Anyone who claims to live in God’s light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It’s the person who loves brother and sister...

The door is open to all the outsiders. And we’re on our way through it, following orders, doing what God commanded when he said, I’ve set...

47-49 The Pharisees said, “Are you carried away like the rest of the rabble? You don’t see any of the leaders believing in him, do you?...

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus and his disciples had also been...

14And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the faint-hearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them. 15See that...

Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn’t late...

“Don’t waste your energy striving for perishable food like that. Work for the food that sticks with you, food that nourishes your lasting...

Moses answered God, “But why me? What makes you think that I could ever go to Pharaoh and lead the children of Israel out of Egypt?”...

Jesus came down the mountain with the cheers of the crowd still ringing in his ears. Then a leper appeared and dropped to his knees...

30The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and sinners?’...

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk...

8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— 9not the result of works, so that...

At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, For you, God, have put my life back together. Psalm 4: 8 The Message A solid faith in...

9but (the Lord) said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.’ So, I will boast all the more gladly...

What we’ve learned is this: God does not respond to what we do; we respond to what God does. We’ve finally figured it out. Our lives get...

“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will...

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. 54When they got out of the boat, people at once...

Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord! 2 Lift up your hands to the holy place,...