This verse comes at the very end of Paul’s second missionary journey (Acts 15:36-18:22) and sets the stage for his third (Acts 18:23-21:14). Paul’s mission was primarily to the Gentile nations, but he always began in the synagogues in order […]

Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians to believers who were concerned that they might die before Jesus returned. Many worried that if they did not live until Jesus’ came to take His followers to heaven that their earthly death would prevent them […]

Mark 9 closes Mark’s account of Jesus’ earthly ministry by narrating his return to Capernaum. This section highlights the nature of true reward and the nature of true faith. True faith requires a willingness to offer one’s life to God […]

Psalm 34 is a song of thanksgiving. David thanks and praises the Lord for His deliverance, and then in the latter half of the psalm explains the wisdom of a life lived out of a healthy and proper fear of […]