Just the sight of Jesus, and the sound of his astounding words, enraged these people to the point where they wanted to murder him. This is surprising when we consider the fact that in this chapter, he is preaching the good news about something...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When Satan discovers that Jesus will not embrace all things if that means he has to slight his Father, he tries another approach that always works with other people. He will misinterpret Scripture. He comes with a concept and tries to support it...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I would just like to thank the Lord and so many of His people for a few things: The concert we presented on 31 January. It was evangelistic, original, Christian music under the name Graceunlimited Live. I'm so grateful for the band who rallied...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Temptation is a wild battle. Jesus knows this. As a man, he faced the full onslaught of the Devil himself. The reason Jesus didn't sin, was not because He was God, but because He used all of the resources of God available to Him as a man. This is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When you are ravenous, feeling you are dying from starvation and thirst, food and water become the only things you can think about. Jesus walks in the desert for forty days and becomes overwhelmingly hungry. You may not understand the temptation...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
His ordinary human life called no attention from the crowds. Yet he consumes the heart of God! Greater honour cannot be found. If this is the great king of Psalm 2, and he is, then his final glorious rule is as good as accomplished. He will rule...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The most extraordinary feature of the life of Jesus, the glorious Son of God, moments before His baptism, is the astounding ordinariness in which he lived and appeared. What stands out is that He simply didn't stand out! Look at the detail Luke...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The first emotion that takes charge of your heart when calamity descends, is not normally joy. What do you want most while you are suffering? Is it relief? Is there not huge loss incurred when you long for relief and fail to see the value of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It is easy to think that if I am faithful to God, that God will be sure to give me the type of success I am expecting. John the Baptist surely fulfilled the role God had written into Scripture for him. Yet instead of seeming success, John is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A missionary to a primitive tribe resisted, for a long time, translating the genealogy at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel, and opted rather to translate the narrative that follows it. He proceeded to teach the locals all about Jesus through...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
