Joshua secretly sent two spies into Canaan. He didnt know it but God sent them for a more important reason than recon. God knew that Rahab believed in Him and He gave her opportunity to demonstrate h

It had been forty long years in the wilderness for the children of Israel. Yet there would be apprehension and fear. Moses had died, the Promised Land had scary and mean people in it, and they were no

Jesus used stories to reveal insights into the kingdom He was bringing while not judiciously withholding from those who were rejecting the kingdom. And the parable of the seed in the different soils w

Acts 2:41-42 tells us what the followers of Christ did steadfastly learning the teachings of the apostles, fellowship together, Communion, and prayer. Acts 20:6-13 gives us a vignette of a church in

The Lords Supper consists of bread and the cup physical symbols of a spiritual reality. The body and the blood of Jesus broken and shed on the cross for sinners in order that they might be forgiven

Jesus is the faithful Jew who kept the laws commands including observing the Passover celebration each spring. But during His last Passover, He took the familiar elements and initiated a new ceremony

Peter writes to the scattered and persecuted Christians to encourage them. And he starts by praising God for our salvation as planned before time by the Father, accomplished by the Son, and applied to

John started baptizing people who confessed their sinful condition and desired to be made right with God (repentance). The dip in the water symbolized the washing of their sins and trust in the One t

Jesus had already had a private meeting with Peter after the disciples denial of Him. But this conversation is about Jesus loving Peter enough to restore him to leadership and Peter loving Jesus enou

All of the disciples had to be convinced that Jesus had truly defeated death and the grave. But Thomas gets singled out for being the last to see and believe. And thus, Jesus tells him and us that the