“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
“And he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.” Acts 27:24 July 28, 2025 “Houston, we have a problem.” The now famous words from the space craft, Apollo 13, and its attempted reentry to earth from its lunar mission.
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 July 25, 2025 Home security systems are doing a brisk business. Self-protection is a reasonable act and illustrates the plight of the human race. Idols throughout the world and history are created to allay our fears. Psalm 46 was written in
“For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.” Acts 17:23 July 23, 2025 How are we to respond to people who seem blind to the Christian faith? That’s
“Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.” Acts 17:16 July 21, 2025 The Athens Paul visited was notorious for its pursuit of meaning by worshiping Athena – the worship of the mental, Zeus – worship of might,
