Tag Archives: jesus christ
This is the one-hundred-eighty-seventh lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “He will be great and […]
Filed under Christmas, How to Live the Bible
This is the one-hundred-eighty-sixth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “And he will be called…Prince […]
Filed under Christmas, How to Live the Bible
The New Testament of the Bible begins with four individually authored books about the life of Jesus: Matthew Mark Luke John [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Bible Table of Contents] While they’re not straight biographies as such—since they omit such information as character development, background facts, and chronology—they’re four accounts of the one […]
Filed under Introduction to the Bible, New Testament
This is the one-hundred-forty-ninth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here. “Now my soul is troubled, […]
Filed under How to Live the Bible
By Walter Wangerin Jr. Read Luke 1:26–38. The Canaanites tell this disturbing folktale: if a jealous angel should appear to a young woman on the night of her betrothal, beware! It’s a sign that the she-demon will kill the man she’s soon to marry. Could this be one of the reasons why Gabriel’s appearance to […]
Filed under Books, Christmas, Devotionals, Guest Post
Even though it’s likely one of the earliest Christian documents, 1 Thessalonians makes it clear that Paul considers the suddenness of Christ’s return to be apparent to believers. “…for you know very well,” he writes in 1 Thessalonians 5:2, “that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.” But he […]
Filed under Bible Gateway Plus, Bible Reflections, Bible Study, Theology
Sorrow to the Point of Death While urging his disciples to stay and keep watch with him, Jesus tells them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death” (Matthew 26:38). Can any of us imagine this? Jesus understood the full extent of what was going to happen to him (John 18:4), and […]
By Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts I’m often asked what it means to be a Christian. I don’t find the answer to be as easy as saying, “A follower of Christ.” For me it’s a bit more complicated. Those kinds of pat answers tend to pass right over the nuance of things. And I hate […]
Filed under Books, Guest Post, Jesus
You’ve probably seen artistic renderings of Jesus with flowing golden or bronze hair. Maybe you’ve watched a movie or two with an Anglo-Saxon cast as the Son of God—complete with a perfectly posh British accent. Sorry to break it to you, but this isn’t the Jesus of the Bible. Instead, it’s a Jesus straight out […]
Filed under Did You Know?, Video
Do you feel that, despite your church attendance or prayer or other activities, there’s something missing in your spiritual life? Did you make a New Year’s resolution to take your Bible reading more seriously, but have let that slide and regret it? Do you wish you could jettison the guilt and sense of obligation that […]
Filed under Audio, Devotionals
Polls
Loading ...