Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Peter and Cornelius.  This story is full of so many lessons:  God’s salvation is for the whole world, not just for Jews.  The gospel is...

“And the high priest said, ‘Are these things so?’  And Stephen said . . .” (7:1).  Stephen stood up.  He spoke.  And how he spoke! ...

Luke gives us a report on the man at the temple healed by Peter and John:  “And all the people saw him walking and praising God . . . And...

As Jesus ascended to heaven, and the disciples looked into heaven, two men in white robes stood beside them and asked, “Men of Galilee,...

Isn’t it always so wonderful to get to these chapters!  Knowing the last chapter in the story (Though, of course, the story continues.)...

How horrific was the death of the Son of God!  Pilate flogged him (19:1).  The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and forced it...

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...