Daily Thoughts From God's Word

The story is nearing its end.  Judas, along with soldiers and chief priests, went looking for Jesus to arrest him.  Jesus, seeing them...

Jesus’ high priestly prayer is found in John 17.  Jesus, the Son of God, prayed for us!  “Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you...

“. . . when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he...

Not only did Jesus give sight (the man born blind), he also gives life itself.  He is the One who said to Martha, the sister of Lazarus,...

“. . . the Jews were seeking to kill him” (7:1).  Yeah, but they could do nothing to Jesus unless he let them!  Later, Jesus explained,...

The healing at the pool of Bethesda.  My son, Paul, and I stood there at that pool.  In Luke’s reporting, there “lay a multitude of...

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made...

As Jesus moves toward Calvary, he pulls no punches with those who oppose him.  He responds to a question about his authority by...

The apostles to Jesus:  “Increase our faith!”  And Jesus then taught about the mustard seed.  Like the apostles, we might have often...

Chapter 16 of Luke includes much of Jesus’ teaching on wealth and money.  There is the wise manager, the Pharisees who loved money, and...

The parable of the lost sheep.  I remember preaching on this parable once, years ago.  In closing, I quoted the words of an old hymn:  ...

One of the most comforting verses:  “Consider the ravens; they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God...

Peter’s confession . . . He got it right!  “Who do you say that I am?” Jesus asked.   And Peter answered, “The Christ of God” (9:20). ...

After the healing of the paralyzed man, who was lowered through the roof by his friends, everyone who saw was amazed and in awe and said,...

“Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us . . .” (1:1).  From the...