10 Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” (Exodus 3:10 ESV) God sent Moses back to the family that had raised him to seek the release of the people who he then identified with. This was no easy...

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean...

50 This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me. (Psalm 119:50 ESV) Do we see scripture as something that can revive us? Probably not, although there may be some who see and read scripture in this way. There have been times in my life where it...

27 Only let your manner of life be worthy[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, (Philippians 1:27 ESV) Yesterday we talked...

16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self[a] is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, (2 Corinthians 4:16-17 ESV) The Christian life is not a once in a while thing. It is...