Category: Faith and Christianity

John 6 is one of my most quoted chapters. It’s particularly convicting when Jesus repeats himself: John 6:44  No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:65  And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can… Continue reading Invitation to Come to Jesus

Read 1 Corinthians 15 for a good summary of the gospel, or Galatians 3 for more details. But here we see Paul giving final words to those he spent 3 years with. Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders Act 20:17  And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.Act 20:18  And when… Continue reading Acts 20 – A final message from Paul

Isaiah 48:18  O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: The old hymn when sung gives us comfort. Yet we should heed the context and Jesus commissioning us to teach and fools his commandments. Mat 28:18  And Jesus came and… Continue reading Isaiah 48 – Peace like a river….

Having recently become a Grand Father I can now identify with this verse. But does that make me an old man? Proverbs 17:6 Gill Children's children are the crown of old men,.... Ancient parents. Grandfathers with the Jews are called old men, as Buxtorf (d) observes. A numerous progeny was reckoned a great blessing to… Continue reading Proverbs 17:6  Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.