I waited patiently for the LORD;        he inclined to me and heard my cry.              2       He drew me up from the pit of destruction,        out of the miry bog,                    and set my feet upon a rock,        making my steps secure.              3       He put a new song in my mouth,        a song of praise to…

Romans 5:14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.  Sandwiched between two passages in Romans 5 celebrating the free gift of salvation brought by the second Adam, this verse was written by Paul to demonstrate why we…

And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21…

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,        and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,                    until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,        and her salvation as a burning torch.              2       The nations shall see your righteousness,        and all the kings your glory,                    and you shall be called by a new name        that the mouth of…

Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. There is a favorite “comical” line pastors use that goes like this, “If you see the word therefore, you should see what it is there for.” It’s an oldie but a theological truth. When the Apostle Peter wrote therefore you should…

With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; 5 but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. “Bridge Out”. Imagine that you can see this sign clearly and pull over to stay safe as car after…