In his narration of Jesus’ arrest in John 18:1-27, John alternated between scenes focused on Jesus who acted in complete control, and Peter who was losing control of himself. We will likely be able to find ourselves in the story in couple of different ways, once because of our similar need and another time because of Jesus’ provision for our need.
Jesus' power over the forces of evil demonstrated that the kingdom of God had come.
In Revelation 2:1-7, we read the letter to the church in Ephesus, a cosmopolitan port city where intellectual and religious currents were always trying...
God's presence in the early church produced awesome acts of community giving and healing but also an awesome judgment against hypocrisy and deception.