Gentiles Hear the Gospel for the First Time

This is exciting stuff, my Gentile friends!  (If you are Jewish, please pardon us as we celebrate this tremendous gift today.) Jesus used Jews to take the Gospel to the Gentiles for the very first time!  As we learned yesterday, Paul was sent to the Gentiles after being rejected by the Jews.  However, the Jewish …

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Jesus: The Incomparable Gift

While studying about God’s dealings with the Jews and with the nations, I enjoyed intriguing thoughts about a passage from Acts 3:18-20, and I want to share them: But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may …

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Capernaum: A Look and a Lesson

Hi gang!  I hope your the new year is off to a great start for you.  Many in America have today off since the New Year's holiday fell on a Sunday.  Thus, I thought you might like to spend a few minutes visiting Israel! Capernaum is one of my favorites places in Israel, though granted, …

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The Gospel Goes Forth to the Gentiles

This is exciting stuff, my Gentile friends!  (If you are Jewish, please pardon us as we celebrate this tremendous gift today.) Jesus used Jews to take the Gospel to the Gentiles for the very first time!  As we learned yesterday, Paul was sent to the Gentiles after being rejected by the Jews.  However, the Jewish …

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