When Religious History Rebels Against Faith
S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Romans 9:30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith. O-bservation: Remember that in the Old and New Testament tradition, the Jewish people looked condescendingly towards the Gentiles, or better […]
RELIGION
S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Mark 7:8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions. O-bservation: Once again the Pharisees had pulled Jesus into one of their debates. Their debates always concerned themselves with “RELIGION.” Jesus said, “You have left the […]
Dead Man Walking
S. O. A. P. Here’s your 90 second AM devotional! S-cripture: Acts 25:19 Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive. O-bservation: Festus had replaced Felix as the Roman Governor of Judea. Felix, in order to please the […]
RELIGION
S. O. A. P Here’s your 90 second AM devotional! S-cripture: John 7:24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly. O-bservation: Once again in this passage Jesus is going “Head On” with the religious Jews of His day. The term “mere appearances” suggests that the vantage point their religion had afforded them granted […]