Christmas is over! Santa is back at the North Pole taking his winter break. The baby has been born and is lying in the manger. It’s...

You may have been asked or heard others asked, “What is your favorite Christmas movie?” Certainly, a question to ponder. There are so...

Luke 1:39-45 New Revised Standard Version Introduction: this passage follows the familiar story of the angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary to...

Luke 3:7-18 New Revised Standard Version 7 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned...

Luke 3:1-6 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of...

Isaiah 65:17-25 Isaiah 65:17-25 New Revised Standard Version For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former...

John 14:1-6, 27-28 New Revised Standard Version 14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my...

Mark 10:46-52 New Revised Standard Version 46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho,...

Mark 10:35-45 New Revised Standard Version 35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want...

Mark 10:17-31 Good News Translation 17 As Jesus was starting on his way again, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good...

Job 1:1, 2:1-10 In many ways, the book of Job is an anomaly. The book appears in the Bible just before Psalms, yet it may be one of the...

Mark 9:38-50 New Revised Standard Version 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to...

Mark 9:30-37 New Revised Standard Version 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; 31...

Mark 7:31-37 New Revised Standard Version 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of...

New Revised Standard Version 17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of...

Ephesians 6:10-20 New Revised Standard Version 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. 11 Put on the whole...

1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 New Revised Standard Version 10 Then David slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. 11 The...

1 Kings 19:4-8 Introduction to the text: this passage is one of the stories about Elijah, the great prophet of Israel. He is on the run...

John 6:24-35 New Revised Standard Version 24 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got...

John 6:1-21 New Revised Standard Version Feeding the Five Thousand 6 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also...