
ASK, SEARCH, KNOCK
Jesus loved to pray, to spend time with His Father. “He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed” (Luke 5:16). On at least one...

“WHO’S THE GREATEST?”
Sometime after being on the Mount of Transfiguration, Peter, James, and John got into a little tiff. They were arguing about “who was the...

THE TRANSFIGURATION
More than thirty years after Jesus had ascended to Heaven, Peter wrote his two epistles. In the second letter, he recorded this beloved...

IT’S TAX TIME!
Maybe it’s true… Only two things are certain: death and taxes! “Everyone … twenty years old or more, must … pay half a shekel” (Exodus...

“WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?”
On at least one occasion, Jesus took his disciples to the farthest northern edge of Israelite territory, the southern slope of beautiful...

THE INNER CIRCLE
Only three men were invited to hang-out with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration… “Peter, James, and John” (Mark 9:2). And only...

I WANT TO LAUGH … OR CRY
A few months after feeding the five thousand, Jesus again multiplied bread and fish, this time providing a meal for four thousand men and...

STORMY SEAS
Peter, Andrew, James, and John had grown up on the Sea of Galilee. They knew every little fishing village along the Sea’s coastline. They...

FIVE THOUSAND
Of all the miracles performed by Jesus, only one (other than His own resurrection) is recorded by all four of the Gospel-writers. That...

FORGIVEN
Imagine it! You’ve been invited to accompany Jesus and His Apostles to a banquet held at the home of a prominent religious leader, a...