Jesus was condemned to die even though he was innocent | November 22, 2025
22 Nov 2025
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Jesus was condemned to die even though he was innocent. So why did an innocent man die? Let’s find...
Why did Judas betray Jesus? | November 21, 2025
21 Nov 2025
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We’ve talked about what the betrayal of Judas was, but WHY did he betray Jesus? Let’s find out t...
Did Jesus claim to be king of the Jews? | November 20, 2025
20 Nov 2025
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Pilate wrote on the cross, “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” Did Jesus ever claim to be kin...
Why did Peter weep? | November 19, 2025
19 Nov 2025
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After Peter betrayed Jesus, he cried. Why? Let’s find out together as we read Mark 14:66-72 and Is...
How did Jesus protect his disciples? | November 18, 2025
18 Nov 2025
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The religious leaders wanted 14 crosses. One for Jesus, one for Lazarus, and one for each of the twe...
What was Jesus condemned for? | November 17, 2025
17 Nov 2025
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Jesus was condemned to die. What was the charge? Let’s find out together as we read Mark 14:53-65 ...
Why did the soldiers fall down? | November 16, 2025
16 Nov 2025
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John tells us that the soldiers fell down backwards. What was that about? Let’s find out together ...
What scriptures did Jesus’ arrest fulfill? | November 15, 2025
15 Nov 2025
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The gospel writers say that Jesus’ arrest fulfilled scriptures. Which ones? Let’s find out toget...
What is the Akeda Isaac and why does it matter? | November 14, 2025
14 Nov 2025
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In Jesus’ time there was a major theological theme called the Akeda Isa’ac. What was that and ...
Why is unity so hard? | November 13, 2025
13 Nov 2025
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Jesus prayed that we would be united. But why is unity so hard? Let’s find out together as we read...
What did Jesus pray for us? | November 12, 2025
12 Nov 2025
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Jesus prayed for the 12 disciples. What was that prayer for? Let’s find out together as we read Jo...
What was Jesus’ glory in the Old Testament? | November 11, 2025
11 Nov 2025
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Jesus asked God to glorify him like he was glorified before the creation of the world. What was that...
How does Jesus give us peace? | November 10, 2025
10 Nov 2025
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Jesus told us he’d give us his peace. What does that look like? How does Jesus give us his peace? ...
How does sorrow turn to joy? | November 9, 2025
09 Nov 2025
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Jesus says our sorrow will turn to joy. How does that happen? Let’s find out together as we read J...
What does the Holy Spirit convict the world of? | November 8, 2025
08 Nov 2025
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Jesus says the Advocate will convict the world. What of? Let’s find out together as we read John 1...
Why does the world hate us? | November 7, 2025
07 Nov 2025
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If Christians are supposed to serve the world, why are Christians commonly hated? Let’s find out t...
Love is central to everything | November 6, 2025
06 Nov 2025
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Jesus says that as we abide in him, we love him and should love each other. Is there really a strong...
What does it mean to bear fruit? | November 5, 2025
05 Nov 2025
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Jesus says if we abide in him we will bear fruit. What fruit? Let’s find out together as we read J...
What is an Advocate? | November 4, 2025
04 Nov 2025
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Jesus says “the Advocate” is coming. What is an Advocate? Let’s find out together as we read J...
What does it mean to love and obey? | November 3, 2025
03 Nov 2025
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Jesus said we should love and obey God. Why those two things together? What does it mean? Let’s fi...
See me – See the Father | November 2, 2025
02 Nov 2025
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Jesus says that if we see him we have seen the Father. Is that true? Let’s find out together as we...
Is Jesus the only way? | November 1, 2025
01 Nov 2025
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Jesus said he was the only way. But don’t all roads lead to heaven? Let’s find out together as w...
Why buy swords? | October 31, 2025
31 Oct 2025
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Jesus’ kingdom is peaceful. Why buy swords? Let’s find out together as we read Luke 22:35-38 and...
What does it mean to deny someone? | October 30, 2025
30 Oct 2025
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Jesus tells Peter that he will deny Jesus three times in the next few hours. What exactly does that ...
How do we judge the world? | October 29, 2025
29 Oct 2025
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Jesus says we will sit in judgment of that world. What does that look like? Let’s find out togethe...
What was the Last Supper like? | October 28, 2025
28 Oct 2025
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The Last Supper was a seder meal. What did that look like and how does it interact with the gospels?...
What is a betrayal? | October 27, 2025
27 Oct 2025
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Judas betrayed Jesus. What does that mean? Let’s find out together as we read John 13:21-30 and Ez...
What is a Shaliach? | October 26, 2025
26 Oct 2025
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Although John doesn’t use the word Shaliach he definitely uses the concept. What was it and why is...
Did Judas have to betray Jesus? | October 25, 2025
25 Oct 2025
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Jesus apparently washed Judas’ feet with the other 11. Why? Didn’t Judas have to betray Jesus? W...
Why did Jesus wash the disciples’ feet? | October 24, 2025
24 Oct 2025
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John tells us that Jesus washed his disciples’ feet, but why? Didn’t the host already take care ...
What was the Passover? | October 23, 2025
23 Oct 2025
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Jesus died during Passover. What was that feast all about? Let’s find out together as we read Luke...
What was Judas’ betrayal? | October 22, 2025
22 Oct 2025
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Judas betrayed Jesus. We all know that. But exactly what was the betrayal? Let’s find out together...
What does it mean to “honor God?” | October 21, 2025
21 Oct 2025
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A woman anoints Jesus with oil, honoring him. So just what does it mean to honor God? Let’s find o...
Jesus is arrested by stealth | October 20, 2025
20 Oct 2025
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Matthew tells us that Jesus is arrested deceitfully, or by stealth. What does that mean? Let’s fin...
Can we summarize Jesus’ teaching? | October 19, 2025
19 Oct 2025
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John summarizes Jesus’ teaching. What does he include? Let’s find out together as we read John 1...
Is it bad to be proud? | October 18, 2025
18 Oct 2025
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John tells us that some kept their allegiance to Jesus a secret because they preferred the glory of ...
What does it mean to be lifted up? | October 17, 2025
17 Oct 2025
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Jesus says he will draw all men to himself if he is lifted up. What does that mean? Let’s find out...
What was Jesus’ hour? | October 16, 2025
16 Oct 2025
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Jesus says “My hour has come,” and within 24 hours he is on a cross. What was his hour? Let’s ...
Why did the Greeks want to see Jesus? | October 15, 2025
15 Oct 2025
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In John, when Philip tells Jesus that the Greeks want to see him, Jesus goes off on a tangent about ...
Will God really judge me? | October 14, 2025
14 Oct 2025
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Jesus says in the final judgment, God judges the sheep and the goats. Does he really mean that God w...
Who are “the least of these?” | October 13, 2025
13 Oct 2025
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Jesus says “you did it to the least of these.” Who is that? Let’s find out together as we read...
What’s the message of the parable of the talents? | October 12, 2025
12 Oct 2025
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Jesus tells a parable much like one he told before. What’s it about? Let’s find out together as ...
What’s the difference between the wise and foolish bridesmaids? | October 11, 2025
11 Oct 2025
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Jesus tells a story of ten bridesmaids, five wise and five foolish. What made them different? Let’...
What does it mean to be a faithful servant? | October 10, 2025
10 Oct 2025
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Jesus talks about a faithful servant who is prepared and an unfaithful servant who is not. What woul...
Jesus’ coming will surprise you | October 9, 2025
09 Oct 2025
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Jesus tells us his second coming will be a surprise. What does he mean? Let’s find out together as...
What does it mean to “be on your guard?” | October 8, 2025
08 Oct 2025
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Jesus tells us to be on our guard. What does that mean? Let’s find out together as we read Luke 21...
What does it mean to “be alert?” | October 7, 2025
07 Oct 2025
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Jesus tells us to be alert. What does that mean? Let’s find out together as we read Mark 13:33-37 ...
Has Jesus already come? | October 6, 2025
06 Oct 2025
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Jesus says “this generation will not pass away before all these things happen.” So has Jesus alr...
What will happen when Jesus comes? | October 5, 2025
05 Oct 2025
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Jesus tells us what will happen when he returns. What happens? Let’s find out together as we read ...
False Messiahs and misdirection | October 4, 2025
04 Oct 2025
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Jesus says a time is coming when false Messiahs will be a dime a dozen. Let’s read about that in M...
Does the Old Testament predict days of vengeance? | October 3, 2025
03 Oct 2025
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Jesus talks about all the verses that predict days of vengeance. Are there really that many? Let’s...
What is the desolating sacrilege? | October 2, 2025
02 Oct 2025
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Jesus draws from Daniel as he talks about a desolating sacrilege in the temple. What is it? Let’s ...
Why do people hate us? | October 1, 2025
01 Oct 2025
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If God loves us, why do people hate us? Jesus tells us. Let’s find out what he says as we read Mar...
Why should we endure? | September 30, 2025
30 Sep 2025
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Jesus told us to endure. Why? Is it worth it? Let’s find out together as we read Matthew 24:9-14 a...
When will the end come? | September 29, 2025
29 Sep 2025
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The disciples ask Jesus, “When will the end come?” We’ve been asking that since, and making pr...
Does God want cathedrals? | September 28, 2025
28 Sep 2025
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The disciples comment on the temple’s beauty and grandeur, and Jesus says, “it won’t last!” ...
What’s a penny worth? | September 27, 2025
27 Sep 2025
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Jesus tells that a widow who put a little over a dollar in the temple treasury was the biggest donor...
Why did Jesus weep over Jerusalem? | September 26, 2025
26 Sep 2025
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After calling out the Pharisees, Jesus wept over Jerusalem? Why? Let’s find out together as we rea...
Why were the prophets persecuted? | September 25, 2025
25 Sep 2025
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Jesus says the Pharisee’s ancestors persecuted the prophets, and they do too! Were the prophets of...
What is “the cup?” | September 24, 2025
24 Sep 2025
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Jesus says we should clean the inside of “the cup.” Why does he talk about a cup? Let’s find o...
Why tithe spices? | September 23, 2025
23 Sep 2025
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Jesus says the Pharisees talk about tithing spices. Why would that be important? Let’s find out to...
Should we swear? | September 22, 2025
22 Sep 2025
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Jesus talks about oaths that the Pharisees authorize and de-authorize. So should we swear at all? Le...
What is a hypocrite? | September 21, 2025
21 Sep 2025
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Jesus calls the Pharisees hypocrites. Did he mean what we mean when we say hypocrite? Let’s find o...
What was wrong with the Pharisees? | September 20, 2025
20 Sep 2025
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Were the Pharisees such bad guys? What was the root of their problem? Let’s find out together as w...
How did Jesus shut the Pharisees up? | September 19, 2025
19 Sep 2025
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Jesus goes on the offensive and completely shuts the Pharisees up. What did he do? Let’s find out ...
What did Hillel and Shammai have to do with Jesus? | September 18, 2025
18 Sep 2025
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A young man presents a famous question once put to the Rabbis Hillel and Shammai. Jesus follows one ...
How did Jesus use scripture? | September 17, 2025
17 Sep 2025
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When the Sadducees try to trip Jesus up with question, he goes on the attack quoting scripture. So h...
What bears God’s image? | September 16, 2025
16 Sep 2025
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The religious leaders ask Jesus if Israelites should pay Roman taxes. Jesus answers by saying that t...
Why did the king punish the man without a wedding robe? | September 15, 2025
15 Sep 2025
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As Jesus retells the parable of the wedding feast, he changes it slightly, and mentions that the kin...
What is the cornerstone? | September 14, 2025
14 Sep 2025
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Jesus talks about a stone rejected by the builders that becomes the cornerstone, the most important ...
Is it better to say it or to do it? | September 13, 2025
13 Sep 2025
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Jesus tells a short parable about two sons who take different approaches with their father’s comma...
Whose authority did Jesus use? | September 12, 2025
12 Sep 2025
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The religious leaders asked Jesus whose authority Jesus claimed to clear the temple. Jesus doesn’t...
Why didn’t they arrest Jesus in the temple? | September 11, 2025
11 Sep 2025
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The chief priests had Jesus in the temple almost every day of passion week. Why didn’t they arrest...
Why did Jesus curse the fig tree? | September 10, 2025
10 Sep 2025
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Jesus cursed the fig tree and it withered. Why kill a fig tree because it didn’t produce fruit out...
Why did Jesus clear the temple? | September 9, 2025
09 Sep 2025
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Jesus drove animals and merchants out of the temple. But they were just selling lambs for visiting J...
Why did Jesus weep for Jerusalem? | September 8, 2025
08 Sep 2025
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Jesus wept over Jerusalem. Why did he do that? Let’s find out together as we read Luke 19:41-44 an...
Why did Jesus ride a donkey into Jerusalem? | September 7, 2025
07 Sep 2025
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Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem. That wasn’t normal for a king entering his city. Why did he do...
The triumphal entry | September 6, 2025
06 Sep 2025
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Jesus rides into Jerusalem as the crowd sings a psalm. What did they sing and what did it mean? Let’...
Why did the priests want to kill Lazarus? | September 5, 2025
05 Sep 2025
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The priests made a decision to try to kill Lazarus as well as Jesus. Why did they do that? Let’s f...
Was Jesus concerned about the poor? | September 4, 2025
04 Sep 2025
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When Mary anointed Jesus’ feet, he says something that makes it look like he wasn’t concerned ab...
The parable of faithfulness | September 3, 2025
03 Sep 2025
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Jesus tells a parable that he’s told before, but he changes it in strange ways, including a massac...
How much did Zacchaeus have to repay? | September 2, 2025
02 Sep 2025
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Zacchaeus promised Jesus to repay four times what he had stolen from others. So how much did he have...
Did Jesus really not know what the blind man wanted? | September 1, 2025
01 Sep 2025
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A blind man calls out to Jesus, who stops and calls him. When he stumbles his way to Jesus, Jesus as...
What are the servant songs? | August 31, 2025
31 Aug 2025
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Isaiah has four servant songs about the Messiah as a servant. What are they? Let’s find out togeth...
Did the Old Testament prophesy about Jesus’ suffering? | August 30, 2025
30 Aug 2025
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Jesus tells his disciples a third time that he will suffer, die and be resurrected. Did they expect ...
Did the high priest prophesy? | August 29, 2025
29 Aug 2025
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John comments that Caiaphas, the high priest when Jesus was condemned, prophesied. Did the high prie...
Lazarus walks out of his tomb! | August 28, 2025
28 Aug 2025
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Jesus calls Lazarus and he walks out of his own tomb. How did Jesus have power over death itself? Le...
Why did Jesus weep? | August 27, 2025
27 Aug 2025
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At Lazarus’ tomb, Jesus wept, even though he was about to raise Lazarus back to life. Why would Go...
“I am the resurrection and the life!” | August 26, 2025
26 Aug 2025
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Jesus makes a sweeping claim to be life itself, and to have power over death. Where did that stateme...
Why did Jesus say there are twelve hours in the day? | August 25, 2025
25 Aug 2025
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When he was talking about Lazarus’ death, he said, “There are twelve hours in the day.” What d...
Can we praise God in the middle of problems? | August 24, 2025
24 Aug 2025
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Lazarus died, and Jesus said that was so we could praise God. How is it possible to praise God in th...
Is God fair? | August 23, 2025
23 Aug 2025
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Jesus tells a parable that any of us would say was unfair. Is God unfair? Let’s find out together ...
What if we’re persecuted? | August 22, 2025
22 Aug 2025
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Jesus talks about going through persecution. What happens to us if we do? Let’s find out together ...
Are all things possible for God? | August 21, 2025
21 Aug 2025
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Jesus says all things are possible for God. Is that really true? Let’s find out together as we rea...
Do we have to sell all we own to follow Jesus? | August 20, 2025
20 Aug 2025
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Jesus tells the rich young man to sell everything he owns, then follow Jesus. Do we have to do that ...
What does it mean to become like a child? | August 19, 2025
19 Aug 2025
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Jesus says to enter God’s kingdom, we must become like a child. What does that mean? Let’s find ...
What did Jesus say about divorce? | August 18, 2025
18 Aug 2025
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Jesus makes some very direct statements about divorce. How should we understand that? Let’s find o...
Did Jesus claim to be God? | August 17, 2025
17 Aug 2025
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Jesus claims to be one with God, and the Jews tried to stone him for blasphemy. Let’s find out tog...
The Good Shepherd | August 16, 2025
16 Aug 2025
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Jesus calls himself the good shepherd. Was that significant? Let’s find out together as we read Jo...
Why is Jesus ‘a gate?’ | August 15, 2025
15 Aug 2025
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Jesus calls himself a gate. What does that mean? Let’s find out together as we read John 10:1-6 an...