Posts with the category “essentials-week-18”

Today marks a most significant change in the direction of this study on the essentials of the Christian life. Up to this time, we’ve either been drilling below the surface into an unseen relationship ...  Read More

[ Jesus tells The Parable of the Sower ] “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. Some fell on rocky gr...  Read More

Paul picks up on Jesus’ paradigm of “seed” as he describes the role both he and another famous teacher, Apollos, had in the early years of the Corinthian church in 1 Corinthians 3:5-9:“What, after all...  Read More

Matthew 9:35-38 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he...  Read More

An acorn germinates next to a large two story house. As the years go by the roots eventually work their way into the foundation, eventually displacing the house. Maple seed helicopters float down into...  Read More

“I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ.”Paul had an interesting way of praying for peop...  Read More

If you look up the word “gospel” in Wikipedia, you’ll find a nicely summarized entomology of the word as follows: The word gospel derives from the Old English gōd-spell (rarely godspel), meaning “good...  Read More