Posts with the tag “mercy”

Have You Not Read?Jesus answered the Pharisees with a question. “Have ye not read what David did?” He pointed them to a story in 1 Samuel they knew well. When David was hungry, he ate the sacred bread...  Read More

 A Good Gift Becomes a Heavy BurdenJesus walked with His disciples through grain fields on the Sabbath. His hungry followers picked some heads of grain. They rubbed them in their hands and ate the ker...  Read More

The Chief of SinnersThe Pharisee named Saul met the risen Christ and became the apostle Paul. After years of preaching and planting churches, he never got over the mercy that saved him. He did not wri...  Read More

The Exchange at the CrossThe soldier unlocked Barabbas's chains. The iron fell from his wrists. Barabbas walked free. No probation officer followed him. No payment plan was arranged. He was free. But ...  Read More

The Hand That TouchesThe crowd backed away from the leper. They saw a threat and reached for stones. But Jesus stepped forward. He saw a man. Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. He did not hav...  Read More

The Invitation to the ThroneThe disciples faced a locked room and a locked future. They felt fear. Then Jesus stood among them. He showed them His hands and His side. He offered them peace. He did not...  Read More

While We Were Yet Sinners The genealogy is full of broken people. Adam broke everything. Noah needed grace after the miracle. Abraham tried to help God and messed up. David committed adultery and murd...  Read More

 The Unseen Relay RaceGod works through generations. The genealogy shows a chain: Abraham to Isaac, Isaac to Jacob, and on to David. It was a relay race of faith. Someone ran before you ever stepped o...  Read More