From Ephesians 6:1-3, Proverbs 1:1-9, and Genesis 2:24, we put together an overall structure for parenting: the first stage of teaching first-time obedience, the second stage of teaching wisdom, and the third stage of independence. In every stage, both our children and we need to rely on God’s grace as the process exposes the bent of our hearts.
Although we work for the growth of the kingdom, it grows mysteriously in ways that we cannot understand or control.
From Old Testament times, the Jewish people knew that only God and his Messiah could open the eyes of the blind. However, over their...
Only in John 18:28-19:16 do we find details of Jesus’ trial before Pilate. We hear Jesus’ opponents making statements about him that are much...