John 3:1-21 Some of you may have noticed the splint on my middle finger. A couple of months ago, I tore a tendon. It’s quite an unimpressive story. I wasn’t even trying to fight a bear or a lion. I was trying to clean a paint...

Romans 8:18-30   18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration,...

Numbers 25:1-18  While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab. These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And...