Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering. Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were …

Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ.  Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering.   Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule …

Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty-nine lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole …

Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen.  A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and …

[The religious leaders] called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go. The …

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us.The government will rest on his shoulders, and he will be called:Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince …

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer! Then …

…Moses tried to pacify the Lord his God. “O Lord!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with …

“So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ…”  2 Corinthians 5:18-20. Paul was the ultimate peacemaker. He encouraged peacemaking in his writing to …

Teach these things and insist that everyone learn them. Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in …

Who may climb the mountain of the Lord?    Who may stand in his holy place?Only those whose hands and hearts are pure,    who do not worship idols    and never tell lies. Psalms 24:3-4. Saul …

But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to …

So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat! Joseph was a very …

“All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!”  When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until …

“….she said, “See your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” But Ruth said, ‘Do not press me to leave you or …

 “Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he… soothed his wounds… and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own donkey and took …

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set …