2 Peter 3:1-10

2 Peter 3:1-10 “First of all you must understand this, that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and indulging their own lusts and saying, ‘Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died, all things continue as they were from the...

1 Peter 2:1-10

1 Peter 2:1-10 “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9) If you’ve paid attention to my preaching over...

Ezra 10:1-17

Ezra 10:1-17 “Shecaniah son of Jehiel, of the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra, saying, ‘We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this. So now let us make a...

Revelation 18:21-24

Revelation 18:21-24 “Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “With such violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will be found no more” (Revelation 18:21) I’ll confess that I never know what...

Matthew 13:53-58

Matthew 13:53-58 “And he did not do many deeds of power there, because of their unbelief” (Matthew 13:58) A prophet is not accepted in his hometown is just another way of expressing the old adage that “familiarity breeds contempt.” It is a reminder that one of the...

Revelation 5:1-10

Revelation 5:1-10 “Then I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders a Lamb standing as if it had been slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes” (Revelation 5:6) On Halloween Eve, I cannot imagine a more frightening image from the...