Written by Cory Collins on April 19, 2021
Reasons Why I Believe in the Miracles of Jesus – and You Can, Too! (Part One)
EvidencesI am convinced that Jesus performed the miracles noted in the Gospels. My reasons, collected from my own study and from other sources, are those that I find most persuasive. Before you read my list, I suggest that you write your own. Then compare yours with mine, and send me your additional reasons in a
Written by Cory Collins on April 16, 2021
07 – Jer 25-33 Deserved Destruction & Divine Deliverance
Jeremiah & LamentationsJeremiah had been serving for twenty-three years when he delivered the messages recorded in chapters 25 and 26 (25:3; 26:1). He was called into prophetic service in the year 626 BC (1:2) and continued to minister after the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC, a period of over forty years. He was now at the
Written by Cory Collins on April 13, 2021
Are You a Christian? Are You Saved? Are You SURE?
EvangelismYou are going to live somewhere, forever! Where will it be? If you died today, would you go to be with God? Let’s ask some questions and read God’s own answers directly from the Bible. Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version. What should you hear first? Romans 1:16 … the gospel [good news
Written by Cory Collins on April 12, 2021
Upside-Down: The Great Kingdom Paradox in The Gospel of Luke
GospelsJesus often had a way of reversing categories like first and last, greatest and least, rich and poor, etc. Consider what happened at the Last Supper, for example: Lk 22:24 And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest. 25 And He said to them,
Written by Cory Collins on April 8, 2021
06 – Jer 21-24 False Shepherds & Scattered Sheep
Jeremiah & LamentationsIn 588 BC, the invincible Babylonian army was camped around the walls of Jerusalem. Hoping to secure help from Egypt, weak King Zedekiah had rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar by refusing to pay tribute (2 Chron. 36:13; see Ezek. 17:11–18); now Judah was suffering the dreadful consequences of his foolish decision. – Wiersbe Jer 21 Critical Moment 21:1-7
Dear readers, I have noticed in recent years increasing support for the idea that we will spend eternity, not where Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us (John 14:1-4), but on a new earth. The passage most often quoted in my experience is 2 Peter 3:13, which speaks of “new heavens and a
Written by Cory Collins on March 31, 2021
05 – Jer 18-20 The Potter, the Pot, & the Prophet
Jeremiah & LamentationsAt the potter’s house, Yahweh (the LORD) powerfully and graphically illustrates and explains His relationship to Judah and all the nations. On the one hand, because He is the potter, He is sovereign and free to do whatever He chooses with the clay. On the other hand, however, the outcome is not predetermined. The clay
Written by Cory Collins on March 26, 2021
The Glass is Always Cleaner on the Other Side of the Bowl
PerspectiveGalatians 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. It’s so easy, and yet so costly, to spend our energy envying other people’s status, money, opportunities, accomplishments, looks, or anything else. Wishing to trade places with someone
Written by Cory Collins on March 25, 2021
04 – Jeremiah 16-17 Idolatrous Ways & Deceitful Hearts
Jeremiah & LamentationsThese graphic messages came when a great calamity had begun (16:10). This may have been the time when Jehoiakim rebelled against Babylon (602 BC) after first submitting to Nebuchadnezzar for three years. In response to Judah’s rebellion, Babylon sent punishing raids. The armies of Babylonia, Aram, Moab, and Ammon swept across the land (2 Kg
Calling all sheep! Let’s thank God for our current shepherds, and let’s pray for them and support them as they serve in this vital role. Their combined ability to lead us will depend to a large extent on our willingness to follow. As God guides them, and as we listen and respond, they can take
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