John 4.9-10: The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) (10) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked …

I can remember first learning about a mirage. I was a little boy riding in the family car on our way to Arkansas for a summer vacation. It was very hot and for the first time I noticed what looked like water dancing on the highway blacktop out in front of our car. The closer we got, the more it …

Matthew 8.8-10But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. (9) For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go’, and he goes, and to another, ‘Come’, and he comes, and to my …

John 1.1-4: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (2) He was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. (4) In him was life, and the life was the light of men. (5) The …

Psalm 29.3-4: (3) The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over many waters. (4) The voice of the LORD is powerful, The voice of the LORD is majestic. (NAS) The 29th Psalm communicates that God exercises His authority, power, and purposes in the world by means of His speaking voice. …

The above is taken from the poem, “Morituri Salutamus: Poem for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Class of 1825 in Bowdoin College”, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I’ll admit it. I am growing older. And it is easy to think that all of the best days are in the past, and it grows increasingly more difficult to think in terms of …

Genesis 1.1-4: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. (2) The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (3) And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. (4) And God saw that the …

2 Corinthians 5.21:God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (NIV) As reviewed in prior posts, no person is without sin. It is only Christ standing in our place, mediating before God the Father on our behalf that we are deemed to be righteous. A …

2 Peter 1.3-4: His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, (4) by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped …

Romans 6.6-7: We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. (7) For one who has died has been set free from sin. (ESV) The New Testament specifically affirms that everyone who has ever lived, except for …