What’s permanent? At best, I have a couple of decades left to understand what Jesus meant by the kingdom of God. Life is brief. What’s beyond? Nothing, according to some. It’s over when we die. Tha……
Open Matthew 12:38-41 and Jonah 2. Why did Jesus compare himself to Jonah? How could Jonah’s story have inspired Jesus and helped him understand his mission? Jonah was the oddest of prophets. While many prophets denounced other nations, they all delivered their messages to Israel and Judah. Telling God’s people...…
(Photo: Unsplash) Death feels so final. God did not intervene to prevent Jesus’ death. As I read Matthew, I feel the need time to absorb the enormity of this tragedy, to process the loss, to grieve at the injustice, to feel the familiar futility of a world where God’s anointed...…
Bible verses about hell serve as a reminder of the consequences of rejecting God and emphasize the importance of seeking salvation through Jesus Christ. Image: Chris Barbalis | Unsplash What happens after we die? This age-old question has captivated the minds of humanity throughout history. The concept of an afterlife,...…
In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, he talks about the physical resurrection of the body— “[For] Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.…
Job 19:25-27; God’s Word teaches: That the Resurrection of the dead is taught in the Bible as clearly as the immortality of the soul. Every individual who has ever lived will be resurrected, some t……