I, JOHN, A PROPHET

Matthew 3: 1-11 I never asked to be a prophet; it can be so difficult, and so painful, that it is humanly impossible. If it were up to me, I would be a simple priest with a wife and a family, like my father, Zachariah. What I find most difficult and painful about...

STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH

Isaiah 11: 1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of...

OF DESTINY AND IDENTITY

(Rev. 7:9) After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their...

ALL IN THE SAME BOAT

2 Thess. 1: 3-43: We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,[b] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance...

DELIVERED FROM THE LION’S MOUTH

16 At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. 17 But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was...