“yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us.” – 2 Corinthians 7:9 In January 2024 a wave of violence and looting broke […]

‘Terah took his son Abram … and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there’ Genesis 11:31. A Christian author writes: ‘Terah accompanied Abram for part of the journey to Canaan, but then he stopped … […]

“For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 Jeremy Benson remembers: “By the time I was 16, that’s […]

‘But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed…’ Romans 3:21 You will go to heaven because you trusted in Christ’s righteousness, not your own. You say, ‘But isn’t doing the right things important?’ Absolutely. Your reward in heaven will be predicated upon what you do for […]

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” – 2 Corinthians […]

‘Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. … the second he called Ephraim.’ Genesis 41:51-52 When you experience tragedy or loss, unless you get help, you can shut down emotionally and remain stuck. And when you focus on the pain of the past, you risk forfeiting the blessing God […]

“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18 President Abraham Lincoln died almost 160 years ago, but his likeness has plenty to say about today’s […]

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” – 2 Corinthians 5:10 Brandon Moon was convicted by jury of three counts of aggravated sexual assault. His […]

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 In her book “Invitations from God”, Adele Ahlberg Calhoun writes: “Jesus’ actions, in and of themselves, often make no sense unless we see […]

‘The very hairs of your head are all numbered.’ Luke 12:7 If you want to know how incomprehensively big God is, read this: ‘Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand has stretched out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand together’. […]

‘Our sufficiency is from God.’ 2 Corinthians 3:5 Gideon’s army of 32,000 men is enormously outnumbered by the Midianites when God tells him, ‘You have too many men.’ He instructs Gideon to release anyone who is afraid, and Gideon loses 2/3 of his army. Now he has only 10,000 men. […]

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:17 In his book “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”, Bruce A. Ware answers the question “What Is Freedom?”: “Freedom is not what our culture tells us it is. Freedom is not […]

“Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.” 2 Corinthians 2:7 According to a study performed in 2010 by the Fetzer Institute: 67% of Americans agree that the US population is composed of generally forgiving people, but 58% also […]

“I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.” – Romans 16:17 In their book “Winsome Conviction”, doctors Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer write: “What is the greatest […]

“But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.” – […]