By Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from
Mark: A tract about Jesus
Mark is short, by far the shortest account of Jesus’ life. Among the four inspired accounts of Jesus’ earthly life, Mark is the most tract-like. Like a good tract it is short, but not too short. Mark uses simple vocabulary, assumes little knowledge of the Bible from his readers, and
Philippians 2:11 simply explained
This verse ends this wonderful eleven-verse call to a humble consideration of one another. Our Lord Jesus is truly our example of humble consideration among mankind, and what His example so striking is not only that He was a man just like us, but that He is also the Lord
When a little faith is more than enough
In Matthew 17:10 (cf. Mark 9:17-29 & Luke 9:38-43a) and then in a separate incident in Luke 17:6, Jesus responds to His disciples by talking about faith the size of a mustard seed. What does “faith like a mustard seed” refer to? Matthew 17:14-20 (Same event recorded with additional details
Safety from Apostasy
Sadly, many stories can be told of Christians departing from the faith: good children who leave the church when they leave their parental home; close friends who get hurt by a Christian and then reject it all; pastors even who recant their faith. We know they were never true Christians