6 ``Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 2 Timothy 1:7 7 For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. 1 ...

In the autumn of 2009, after I’d turned 50 and spent 22 years in pastoral ministry, I felt burnt out, disoriented, and lonely. My marriage was imploding. I knew I needed to leave ministry, but I was ...

3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4 For by these He has ...

21 From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day ...

Dr. Stanley explains how giving to God is an act of trust. We are simply stewards of the gifts He has given. When we give generously, we can expect God’s blessings in our lives and eternal rewards in ...

1 Hear a just cause, O LORD, give heed to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. 2 Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with equity. 3 You have ...

1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life-- 2 and the life was manifested, and ...

1 The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

46 Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road. 47 When he heard that it ...

1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and ...