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I was studying Stephen’s sermon in Acts 7 this morning, and he said this: “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.” -Acts 7:51 Wow! Questions: If yes to any, pray this: Jesus, I repent for being prideful and stubborn. I’m sorry…
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The Israelites would travel up the mountain to Jerusalem to worship festivals each year in the spring, summer, and fall. As the psalmist traveled with a group of worshippers, their anticipation and expectations increased as they sang Psalm 121 to the Lord. In this psalm of ascent, the psalmist was the leader of the group…
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The other day I was reading Genesis 2:24-25, God’s creation of marriage. Jesus quotes it (Matthew 19:5-6) and so does Paul (Ephesians 5:31) thus affirming it as the definition of marriage. It says, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become…
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Do you think you could write a book about joy from prison if you had been wrongfully imprisoned? Sounds tough, but the Apostle Paul did it. He wrote Philippians from jail while maintaining joy in his life. He didn’t complain about his circumstances, living conditions, or quality of the legal system. In fact he used…
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“Tate’s clothes in his closet are covered in ants.” That was the text my wife sent me before church one day. Talk about “ants in your pants”! After church, I stopped by the store, bought some ant spray, and went home to kill those little demons (anyone else knows what I’m talking about?). I searched…
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While Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible with just two verses, Psalm 119 is the longest with 176 verses. Psalm 119 is a beautiful acrostic Psalm that uses all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet for organization and, most likely, memorization. Each of the 22 Hebrew letter sections contains eight verses (22…
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Once in a college Bible class, I remember observing some ancient broken pottery discovered in an archaeological dig. These pieces used to be whole useful pots and vessels, but now they were in shambles. However, the professor had one whole pot that was reassembled from several shards of pottery. While it was old and fragile,…
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Look at this Scripture with me: “And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. But Saul was ravaging…
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I was reading Matthew 27 this morning and saw what several people did with Jesus. He was: betrayed (Judas), rejected (Pharisees), avoided (Pilate’s wife), set up (chief priests and elders), abandoned (Pilate), mocked (crowd), beaten (soldiers), crucified (everyone), honored (centurion), received (one of thieves on cross), shown compassion (someone in crowd with something to drink),…
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A few years ago, I went deep-sea diving with my father-in-law. We geared up, dove in, and prepared to explore. Every diver has a tank of breathable air that will last approximately one hour (depending on how deep you dive, how you regulate your breathing, etc.). As an inexperienced diver, I used my air pretty…
stephen R Harrison 