Monthly archive for December 2013

Colossians 1:13-20 (GW)God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of His Son, whom He loves.  His Son paid the price to free us, which means that our sins are forgiven. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. He created all things in heaven and on

Luke 21:5-19 (GW) Some of the disciples were talking about the temple complex. They noted that it was built with fine stones and decorated with beautiful gifts. So Jesus said, “About these buildings that you see – the time will come when not one of these stones will be left on top of another. Each one will be torn down.”

Luke 20:27-40 (ESV) There came to Jesus some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, and they asked Him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The

Revelation 7:9-17 (GW)   … I saw a large crowd from every nation, tribe, people, and language.  No one was able to count how many people there were.  They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb.  They were wearing white robes, holding palm branches in their hands, and crying out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our

Luke 18:1-8 (GW)   Jesus used this illustration with His disciples to show them that they need to pray all the time and never give up.  He said, “In a city there was a judge who did not fear God or respect people.  In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice.’

Luke 24:44-53 (GW)   … Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you.  I told you that everything written about Me in Moses’ Teachings, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”  Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.  He said to them, “Scripture says that the Messiah