Mark 14:37, “Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?” The night of Jesus’ arrest He asked His disciples if they could pray for just one hour, but they ended up falling asleep. The Bible records this event in Mark 14:37-38, “Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. ‘Simon,’ he said to Peter,…

Matthew 28:19-20, “19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”  The only…

1 Timothy 3:14, “If I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.”  The Greek word for church is “ekklesia,” and means, “the gathered and called out ones.” Specifically, in regards to Jesus the church…

2 Corinthians 13:8, “For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.”  We live in a time like that of ancient Rome when after Pilot heard Jesus’ mission to “testify to the truth,” he proudly retorted, “What is truth?” (John 18:37-38). Many people today have adopted a view of truth known as…

1 John 4:4-5, “4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.”  A “worldview” is the…

2 Timothy 3:16-17, “16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” “The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E, Bible!” That ole’ children’s…

Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”  Kingdoms rise and fall, trends come in and out of style and great leaders build empires and monuments to themselves, but no one can stand in comparison to the unchanging greatness of Jesus Christ. Today’s passage in Hebrews reminds us that Jesus’ power over…

Matthew 24:12-13, “12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.”  Apathy means, “to lack passion and concern for certain things in life.” To be apathetic in the church means, “to lose one’s passion for the things of…

2 Timothy 4:3-4, “3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside…