12For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and we were all made to drink of…

36Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as all his ancestors had done. 1In his days King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up; Jehoiakim became his…

“Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.”

1   Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.  2   I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;            I have no good apart from you.” 3   As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble,            in whom is all my delight. 4   Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;            their drink offerings…

18While he was saying these things to them, suddenly a leader of the synagogue came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” 19And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples. 20Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from…

1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. 3Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Let Jesus be cursed!” and no…

4The king commanded the high priest Hilkiah, the priests of the second order, and the guardians of the threshold, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and…

“When I was ordained, it was for a special ministry, that of serving children and families through television. I consider that what I do through “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” is my ministry. A ministry doesn’t have to be only through a church, or even through an ordination. And I think we all can minister to others…

1   Happy are those            who do not follow the advice of the wicked,       or take the path that sinners tread,            or sit in the seat of scoffers;  2   but their delight is in the law of the LORD,            and on his law they meditate day and night.  3   They are like trees            planted by streams of water,       which…

9As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. 11When the Pharisees…