The First Forty Days Acts 1:1–11 This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. Acts 1:11 We know that the Lord Jesus Christ is returning to judge the world, because we are told about it elsewhere in the New Testament….

Trusting Christ’s Knowledge John 21:15–19 You know that I love you. John 21:15 As Christ questioned him, consider Peter’s repeated appeal to Christ’s knowledge. In each case he answered Christ’s question by affirming his love and then saying, “You know that I love you” (vv. 15–17). He might have said, “As I know my own…

From Doubt to Faith John 20:24–31 My Lord and my God! John 20:28 What convinced Thomas that Jesus had risen from the dead? What finally got through to him was the presence of Christ, identified by the wounds in his hands, feet, and side. It was the Christ of the cross who reached Thomas. This…

Privileged Adoption John 20:10–18 I am ascending to my Father and your Father. John 20:17 Our new relationship to Christ provides a new relationship to God the Father. What is involved here is our adoption into the family of God. We are not naturally born into God’s family. We are alienated from God and are…

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Resurrection Lessons John 20:1–9 He saw and believed. John 20:8 There are a few lessons that arise out of the narrative of the empty tomb. The first is that God has provided perfectly adequate evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The evidence consists of the claims of those who saw Jesus…

Jordan Stone describes his journey from professional soccer to pastoral ministry.

For Love John 19:38–42 Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. John 19:38 Will not love generated at the cross draw you to Christ? It was obviously the death of Christ that brought cowardly Joseph and weak Nicodemus from their places of hiding. Much to their shame, during…

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Christ Our Passover John 19:31–37 They did not break his legs. John 19:33 The fact that Jesus’s bones were not broken points to him as the Passover Lamb slain for the sins of his people. Psalm 34:20 tells us, “He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.” This is the verse John…