God prepared in advance... Continue Reading
Tag: Scripture
God’s Sovereignty and Man’s Free Will
Those God Foreknew... Continue Reading
Who Do I Serve?
No one can serve two masters... Continue Reading
Jesus meets His first disciples
Look the Lamb of God... Continue Reading
Simple Faith
Why do we complicate the idea of faith... Continue Reading
What is That in Your Hand
As believers, we often feel inadequate in our ability to have an effect in the Body of Christ... Continue Reading
Moses and the Hand of God
I like to try to understand how God's Hand is involved in preparing His people... Continue Reading
Follow Me
Who we listen to and what they say shapes our understanding of the world... Continue Reading
How Much is Enough
How do we live in a consumer culture without being consumed... Continue Reading
The Answer to Addiction
God put in each person a need only He can fill... Continue Reading
Jesus; 100 percent God, 100 percent Human
Jesus had to come to earth to experience what it is like to be human... Continue Reading
The Tale of Two Wolves
My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside all of us... Continue Reading
Cameo Appearances in Scripture
I have often thought about people who made a brief but important appearance in Scripture... Continue Reading
Follow Me
Jesus never asked anyone to pray the sinner's prayer. He simple said Follow Me... Continue Reading
Spiritual Ears
I have become curious why people that listen to God's Word week after week struggle with the concepts that His Word teaches... Continue Reading
Why Do You Call Me Lord?
There are some Biblical terms that are not common in our normal conversations. Lord is not a common title in our society. What do I mean when I call Jesus Lord... Continue Reading
Predestination and Free Will
Why is there a debate over God’s Predestination of His people versus our individual Free Will... Continue Reading
Who is in the Driver’s Seat?
Paul was explaining to the believers there that following rules and keeping rituals do not make you a follower of Jesus. They make you a follower of rules... Continue Reading
I Draw Near to You
As children run to their Father's voice, give me open ears to hear You call, that I may live by Your word, to be all I'm called to be... Continue Reading
A Chasing After the Wind
I have come to really appreciate Solomon’s thoughts in Ecclesiastes. To me this book clearly asks the question, “What is the meaning of life?"... Continue Reading
A Day in the Life of the Disciples
In Mark’s Gospel Chapters 4 and 5 we find the story of a day of Jesus’ ministry. I like to think about what is happening to people in the background of the stories like this one from Mark’s Gospel... Continue Reading
Between the Pages of His-Story Revisited
The actual percentage of the days of the lives of Biblical characters in scripture is very small... Continue Reading
The Gambler
In 1978, Kenny Rogers sang “The Gambler”. Probably because I love music and what music writers can say that I cannot put into words, but phrases in some songs like this one ring like crystal to me. I believe the words below from this song ring true throughout life. The first part of the chorus… Continue reading The Gambler
What’s Love Got To Do With It…Everything.
Tina Turner sang a hit song, “What’s love got to do with it?” Here are the words to the chorus. What's love got to do, got to do with it?What's love but a secondhand emotion?What's love got to do, got to do with it?Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken? Is love… Continue reading What’s Love Got To Do With It…Everything.
A short summary about Jesus the Son of God
By Doug Staples One With God In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. John 1:1-2 Creator and Sustainer of Creation Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. John 1:3 For… Continue reading A short summary about Jesus the Son of God
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