Posts with the tag “gospel”

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
July 19th, 2023
            Peter wrote two of the letters that we have in our Bible.  Both letters bear his name—1 Peter and 2 Peter.  We find them near the end of the New Testament.  In the second letter, Peter cho...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
July 11th, 2023
        In Acts 11, Peter was called on to defend or explain his actions at Cornelius’ house in Acts 10.  News quickly reached the apostles and believers in Judea that some nearby Gentiles had receive...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, July 5, 2023
July 5th, 2023
           Dreams and visions can be enlightening and frightening.  There are plenty of examples in the Bible of God speaking through both.  In Acts 10, Peter was in Joppa when the Lord gave him a vis...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, June 19, 2023
June 19th, 2023
            In the latter portion of Acts 2, Peter spoke to a crowd of onlookers that had witnessed his healing of a man who had been born lame.  The Bible says that “all the people were astonished an...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
March 8th, 2023
           The prophet Isaiah had much to say about both the first and second coming of Christ.  In chapter forty-two, he depicted Christ as “the Servant of the LORD.”  He said that the Father “deligh...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
December 14th, 2022
            John is a standout figure in the New Testament.  He was a fisherman prior to hearing the Lord’s call to become a fisher of men.  His gospel is distinctly different from the way Matthew, Ma...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, October 31, 2022
October 31st, 2022
           Happy Reformation Day!  On this day, October 31, we recall the actions of a priest named Martin Luther who nailed ninety-five theses or protests to the door of the Catholic Church in Witten...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
October 18th, 2022
           There is no comparison between the wisdom of God and the wisdom of the world.  While we may know some really smart men and women, all human wisdom is limited and finite.  No one knows every...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
October 13th, 2022
           We know Paul as a missionary, a preacher, a church planter, a writer of much of the New Testament and probably Christianity’s finest theologian.  Following his very intense and powerful con...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss

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