Love is the headline
Romans 13:8-10 applies the teaching from Romans 8:4 to our practice of faith. Romans 8:4 states that the righteous requirements of the law are fulfilled…
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At the feet of the Lord
In his Gospel, Luke tells of five people who took their place at the feet of the Lord Jesus. Although all five certainly recognized how…
Peter’s Fall Step 4: No spiritual strength (4/14)
We continue our series with the Fall of Peter. We already saw that Peter overestimated himself, slept, and consequently didn’t pray. But today we will…
Gathered in His Name
“For” – Answered prayers and authority. The prayers of the assembly are answered, and their decisions are recognized in heaven (Matthew 18:18-19). God says yes…
Behind His Back
The phrase “behind someone’s back” means that something is done or said secretly, without the person’s knowledge or consent. Of course, a person cannot do…
Peter’s Fall Step 3: Peter doesn’t pray! (3/14)
In this article, we will learn something about the necessity of prayer and its impact on our lives. „Watch and pray, lest you enter into…
We are debtors
The Epistle to the Romans makes it very clear that believers are no longer guilty before God. Nevertheless, we are guilty in another sense; we…
Remember Lot’s Wife
Two angels came to Sodom at that time to warn Lot and his family of the coming judgment. They instructed Lot to lead his family…
Peter’s Fall Step 2: Peter sleeps (2/14)
In the last article of this series, we considered the starting point of every sin. Now, we will see how quickly our practical life is…
Peter’s Fall and Restoration (1/14)
The Bible presents to us many lives as examples, both positive and negative. Nothing good is exaggerated, nothing bad is glossed over. Today, I want…
A Slack Hand
A serious but, at the same time, challenging and motivating verse! The original word, here rendered as “deceitfully,” can also be translated as “with…
Serving and Waiting
These words were written to young Christians — first-century converts — by the Apostle Paul, the greatest evangelist of all time. We, the young Christians…
Enoch – he pleased God
Everything we know about Enoch is condensed into eight verses of Scripture: four in Genesis 5, two in Hebrews 11, and two in Jude. However,…
The Real Joash
A Crisis By a narrow margin, the royal descendants of David were nearly wiped out. If that had happened, how could the Messiah have been…
It is written
At the beginning of His public ministry on earth, Christ was led by the Spirit of God into the desert to be tempted by the…
Obedience in Practice (3)
In the first two articles of our series on obedience, we examined the following questions: – Who is our great role model? – What does…
Obedience of faith (2)
In this series of articles on the topic of obedience, we will address three questions: Who is our great role model? What does “obedience of…
Obedience (1)
Obedience (1) Obedience is no longer considered one of the top ten behaviors that people expect from themselves or others. But what does the Bible—the…
Wonderful in our eyes
Psalm 118 describes how the Lord Jesus will appear as the Messiah in the future, returning to earth and to the land of Israel. His…
Burdens of the Past
The wall absolutely had to be rebuilt. But where the work of God begins, the devil immediately brings out the heavy artillery. Through blasphemy,…