Seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, and God will give you everything you need. Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have its

Jesus said, “I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, so the things on earth will be either bound or set free

“My Father,” Jesus said, “if you are willing, let me escape this suffering. Nevertheless, I want your will, not mine.” — Luke 22:42 Amazingly, I

“If you love me,” Jesus said, “you will do what I tell you to do.” Sin is failure to do the good you know you

God has promoted Christ to the highest of all positions and has made the name Jesus greater than any other name. — Philippians 2:9 I

As I walk through the most trying times of my life, a dark valley of the shadow of death, I still don’t have to fear,

My Father, you are greater than all other gods, for none of their works has any value compared to what you have done. — Psalm

The Holy Spirit will help us in our weaknesses. For example, we don’t always know the Lord’s will and what to pray for, but the

The second discussion question in Acts of the Messengers in the Early Church says: “The original Greek text has no chapter breaks, numbered verses, or

Don’t Ask Me In grade school, I quickly learned not to answer every time the teacher had a question. The guys wouldn’t respect me if

An ancient story from India has been told in different ways about blind observers who told what an elephant was like—such as a snake, a

If we were to read accident reports by four eyewitnesses and the details matched, we would judge collusion and question whether any of them were

I usually like free wording, but the New Living Translation misidentifies Simon in Luke 24:34 as Peter. Other translations don’t make that mistake. Simon was

When I was a kid, I kept taking bites out of the apple until only the core was left. That was before I knew how

First-graders have a lot to learn, but I hadn’t missed Mother’s truth: You can take an apple when you go outside, but if you’re with

When I wrote Eyewitness: The Life of Christ Told in One Story, I wanted words that everyone could understand, even people who had never read

A philologist is an unusual student, spending more hours studying than most people would think is reasonable. Maybe one reason I’ve been callnoed “weird” is

A friend said we were in battle, both spiritually and physically, and we needed to fight harder. Paraphrasing Jesus’ words, he said, “The kingdom of

A friend asked if I believed the often quoted saying, “God helps those who help themselves.”The concept is nothing new. It’s been around for centuries,

One day, Jesus was praying at a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said, “Sir, teach us how to pray, just as

God said, “Let there be light,” and light exploded into existence. God evaluated the light and saw that it was perfect according to his plan,

The technical term is aphorism, a short saying that expresses a generally understood truth. Whether we call them proverbs, sayings, truisms, or maxims, their impact

At the beginning of Matthew’s and Mark’s gospels, we’re told about Jesus appearing at the Sea of Galilee and calling some fishermen to leave their

In school, my English teacher asked the class if they knew what it meant to be persistent. Students nodded, but nobody volunteered an answer. We

Most people have heard this truth: God loved the world enough to send his only son so everyone who believes in him won’t die but

One day, Peter asked Jesus how far he should go in applying the principle of forgiveness (Matthew 18:21–35). Once? Of course. Peter had heard that

For more than thirty years, Zechariah made his twice-yearly journey to the Temple to fulfill his priestly duties. Eventually, after seeing the same thing day