“So Jesus again said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.’” John 10:7 August 20, 2024 A story and an illustration. This is the way to unlock the connection and meaning of John 9 and 10. First, in chapter 9 a blind man is given his sight […]
“Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” John 8:12 August 18, 2025 A blind man in a dark room searching for a black cat that is not there. Such is the condition of lost
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“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.’” John 6:35 August 15, 2025 There were thousands of hungry people who followed Jesus because of the signs He was performing (Jn. 6:2). The miracle of the five barley loaves
“For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.” Romans 11:24 August 13, 2025 The key to world history is the nation of Israel.
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“Do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.” Romans 11:18 August 11, 2025 Not many have seen an olive tree. But travel to Israel and you will be introduced to them on the Mount of Olives. The apostle
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“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” Romans 11:33 August 8, 2025 Where does one begin in knowing how to praise God? Romans 1-11 is a comprehensive account of the gospel. As someone has said, it is “like a traveler
“But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,…” Romans 11:17 August 6, 2025 What kind of branch are you? A natural olive branch? A wild olive branch? You may ask
“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” Romans 11:3 August 4, 2025 We know something about Elijah, the prophet, from 1 Kings 19:10,14. After a great victory over the false prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, he fled to the desert
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I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.” Romans 11:1 August 1, 2025 Antisemitism is everywhere in the news today. However, it is not a new moral issue. The hatred of the Jew is thousands
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“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”Romans 1:16 July 30, 2025 Up to this point as Paul was writing the letter to the Romans, consider the following: He had been imprisoned in
