In order to prepare for the happiest 2018 possible, we ended 2017 focusing on God’s word and how we hear it, looking at Jesus’ Parable of the Sower in Mark 4:1-20. Nothing will be more beneficial to our lives, our family, and our happiness than careful attention to God’s word. As a church, we are joining together to read the New Testament during 2018 following this plan.
The rejection of Jesus by many Israelites is God‘s plan for the salvation of the nations, and even of Israel itself.
Because of a general persecution in Jerusalem, the believers were scattered and took the gospel to Judea and Samaria, where many believed in Christ.
In response to King Saul’s second major error and his excuse, Samuel famously declared that to obey is better than sacrifice.
