Seeing a Fuller Picture of a Verse

John 6:29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this; to believe the one he has sent.” Do you have a memory verse this week? One of those verse that you read and say, I need to learn this so that I can recite it without reading it at times? Right now, my verse isContinue reading “Seeing a Fuller Picture of a Verse”

Love Everyone as Your Neighbor

This is Day 6 of a deep and meaningful look at what Tom Holladay calls “The Relationship Principles of Jesus“. I will be diving into what this book ultimately explains: the greatest commandments and how they apply to us. At the core of these commandments is relationship. I understand that this may be a lotContinue reading “Love Everyone as Your Neighbor”

Love God with All Your Mind and Strength

This is Day Five of a deep and meaningful look at what Tom Holladay calls “The Relationship Principles of Jesus“. I will be diving into what this book ultimately explains: the greatest commandments and how they apply to us. At the core of these commandments is relationship. I understand that this may be a lotContinue reading “Love God with All Your Mind and Strength”

Love God with All Your Soul

This is Day Four of a deep and meaningful look at what Tom Holladay calls “The Relationship Principles of Jesus“. I will be diving into what this book ultimately explains: the greatest commandments and how they apply to us. At the core of these commandments is relationship. I understand that this may be a lotContinue reading “Love God with All Your Soul”

Love God with All Your Heart

This is Day Three of a deep and meaningful look at what Tom Holladay calls “The Relationship Principles of Jesus“. I will be diving into what this book ultimately explains: the greatest commandments and how they apply to us. At the core of these commandments is relationship. I understand that this may be a lotContinue reading “Love God with All Your Heart”

The Attraction of Lesser Things

This is Day Two of a deep and meaningful look at what Tom Holladay calls “The Relationship Principles of Jesus“. I will be diving into what this book ultimately explains: the greatest commandments and how they apply to us. At the core of these commandments is relationship. I understand that this may be a lot,Continue reading “The Attraction of Lesser Things”

Nothing is More Important Than Relationships

This is Day One of a 40-day journey learning Jesus’ relational principles. I chose to bare my heart with you all concerning this topic of relationships. I am not the best at communicating with others on a regular basis. I will tell you that there are times when I will forget to call someone forContinue reading “Nothing is More Important Than Relationships”

6 Relationship Principles of Jesus

There is a book on my shelf called, “The Relationship Principles of Jesus” by Tom Holladay. It has been on my shelf for about a year. In full disclosure, I bought it from a thrift store, but it is definitely worth more than what I paid for it. Upon reading some of it, I realizedContinue reading “6 Relationship Principles of Jesus”

John’s “Verily” Series: c. 6 v. 47

Welcome back to another “cup of coffee” length post about Jesus’ “Verily, verily” statements as recorded by John. As I have said before, I believe these statements were intentionally written beginning “Amen, amen” to draw specific attention to the lessons being taught by Jesus. Of course, all of the teachings of Jesus are important. However,Continue reading “John’s “Verily” Series: c. 6 v. 47″

Still Matthew 5:1-12

As I have stated in previous posts, I am attempting to dive deep into the first book of the New Testament of the Bible called Matthew. In this deep dive, I am utilizing the Inductive Study Method and various resources in addition to the Bible. The original reason for this deep dive was to getContinue reading “Still Matthew 5:1-12”