6 And Jesus said to them, ``Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 7 They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, `` He said that because we did not bring any ...

In the autumn of 2009, after I’d turned 50 and spent 22 years in pastoral ministry, I felt burnt out, disoriented, and lonely. My marriage was imploding. I knew I needed to leave ministry, but I was ...

1 ``Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 2 ``But he who enters by the door is a shepherd ...

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, ``Indeed, has God said, `You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?" 2 The ...

26 While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, ``Take, eat; this is My body." 27 And when He had taken a cup and given ...

3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, 4 they said to Him, ``Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very ...

1 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. 2 The LORD was ...

4 Make me know Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day. 6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and ...

9 ``Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? 10 ``Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11 ``If you then, being evil, know ...

13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 2 Samuel 15-17 2 Samuel 15 1 Now it came about after ...