“. . . Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For...
“You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. . . I will...
“But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. They...
“’A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed. . . some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil...
“Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron’” Jeremiah 28:13. Jeremiah was God’s “weeping prophet” to His...
Humans need a God. That’s why gods have been a prominent part of all civilizations from the beginning of time. You and I need a God because we are, well, human. We are mortal....
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope” Romans 5: 3, 4. This passage tells us perseverance produces character. This is a simple...
“Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, and said to them, ‘You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in...
“Her [wisdom’s]ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace” Proverbs 3:17. According to this verse wisdom’s ways are pleasant and peaceful, so why don’t people choose them more often? To read the...
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to...