Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother. This brief letter was written by the Apostle Paul while he was under house arrest in Rome, around AD 61. The New Testament contains thirteen letters from Paul, arranged from longest to shortest....
2 Timothy 3:5 . . . having a form of godliness but denying its power. The leading religion in the world is not Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism, but Formalism. People are religious by nature because we are made in the image of God (Genesis...
John 9:1 As [Jesus] went along, he saw a man blind from birth. When his parents were asked if they wanted a boy or a girl, they probably said it did not matter, as long as the baby was healthy. So when he was born, they counted his fingers and toes, and everything...
Mark 7:32 [S]ome people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him. Since the man could hardly talk, he had probably been deaf most of his life, or possibly all of it. But Jesus put his...
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The book of Genesis was written by Moses for the people of God around 1445 BC. He began with the best explanation of who God is: the creator of the universe. Notice first, the...
James 5:13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. We pray best whenever we are in trouble. We do not have to read a book on prayer, take a class on prayer, or ask someone else to pray for us. When serious trouble comes, we know how to pray. Prayer...
James 4:7-8 Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Some people resist the devil, but do not come near to God. They are like an addict in recovery, who does not pray or read the Bible. Others come near to God, but do...
James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? The gospel offers eternal life on the basis of faith alone. A good example is the criminal who was crucified next to Jesus. [R]emember...
James 1:19 Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. It is easy to become angry when people around you are talking nonsense, or saying something false. But instead of becoming angry, and getting into a shouting match, James...
Lesson 336 Hebrews 12:14 [W]ithout holiness no one will see the Lord. In a survey given to college students, eighty-nine percent wanted to be rich, eleven percent wanted to be famous, and no one wanted to be holy. In truth, no one wants to be holy unless God gives...
Hebrews 11:13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. When people come to faith in Jesus Christ, they often have an idea of how their lives should go,...
