Despite what some preachers may tell you these days, you cannot unhitch the New Testament from the Old Testament. Today’s Bible reading* demonstrates this fact. John the Baptizer was Jesus’ relative, perhaps his cousin. Luke recorded Jesus’ baptism in Luke 3:21-22. But just before baptizing Jesus, Dr. Luke referred to Isaiah’s prophecy, saying that someone…
Yesterday, we looked at Jesus’ secret to overcoming temptation. In today’s Bible reading*, we see the secret to Jesus’ life overall. Simon and his business partners, James and John have been fishing all night. They have caught nothing. It happens occasionally. When you make your living fishing, some days are diamonds and some days are…
In today’s Bible reading* we fast forward a few years and Jesus and His relative John (the Baptizer) are about thirty years old. John steps into the Jordan River and preaches that people should repent of their sins and be baptized. By today’s standards, John was a very politically-incorrect preacher. Nowhere do we hear him…
In today’s Bible reading* from Colossians 2, Paul addresses the Gnostic Heresy in Colossae head-on. From Webster, Gnosticism is, “the thought and practice especially of various cults of late pre-Christian and early Christian centuries distinguished by the conviction that matter is evil and that emancipation comes through gnosis (esoteric knowledge of spiritual truth held by…
My barber had a sign in his barber shop, “Worry is like a rocking chair. It’ll keep you busy, but it won’t get you anywhere.” In today’s Bible reading* from Philippians 4, Paul gives the best remedy to worry: prayer. Most of the time when we come to verses like Philippians 4:6, we see anxiety/worry…