The Purpose of Seed

ScriptureMark 4:14″The farmer sows the word.” ObservationThis chapter in Mark compares the word of God to a seed, and then repeatedly reminds us that seed is meant to be sown–not merely stored. Seed that is never sown, will never...

Unseen Heroes

Scripture Mark 1:30-31 “Simon’s mother in law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.”  Observation We read this passage...

Callouses

ScriptureActs 28:26-27″Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have...

Focus

ScriptureActs 26:27-29″King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.” Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?” Paul replied, “Short time or long–I pray to...

Welcoming the Tension

ScriptureActs 15:2,4″This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.””When they...