COURAGE, PART 2B – FACING GOLIATH

1 SAMUEL 17.4-5: And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. (5) He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. (ESV) This …

COURAGE, PART 2A – DAVID, THE SHEPHERD

1 SAMUEL 17.37: And David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” (ESV) In the 16th chapter of First Samuel, Samuel the prophet went to the home of Jesse and anointed David, his son, to be the next king …

COURAGE, PART 1 – PETER WALKS ON THE WATER

Matthew 14.28-33: And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” (29) He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. (30) But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” …

THE WONDER OF JESUS, PART 7 – UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT

ACTS 26.13-15: “At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. (14) And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard …

THE WONDER OF JESUS, PART 6 – PEACE WITH GOD

ROMANS 5.1: Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV) A survey of the historical accounts written in the Bible, together with biographical insights of leading Bible personalities, and combined with God’s thinking recorded by the Old Testament prophets regarding the corrupt nature of the pagan religions, shows that …