King Balak was livid with rage….  ‘I called you to curse my enemies and instead you have blessed them three times. (Numbers 24:10-13.)The Living Bible “Balaam replied, ‘Didn’t I tell your messengers that even if you gave me a palace filled with silver and gold, I could not go beyond the words of Jehovah, and [...]

Jesus had just finished dealing with hard-hearted divorce issues brought up by cagey Pharisees trying to snag the Teacher and discredit His theology. The second wave of the morning consisted of mothers bringing their children to be blessed–makes you wonder how many of those moms had been dumped and left to raise the kids alone [...]

      I also tell you this–if two of you agree down here on earth concerning anything  you ask for, my  Father in heaven will do it for you. For where two or three gather together because they are mine, I will be right there among them.  (Matthew 18:19, 20)The Living Bible  Jesus makes such grand sweeping promises! Reading His [...]

The Living Bible: The only thing they did suggest was that we must always remember to help the poor, and I, too, was eager for that. (Galatians 2:10) Dear Missionary Partners Paul  has been at his missionary ministry for the better part of 20 years.  Now, he arrives in Jerusalem and looks up the great [...]

 Tell her to get going,” they said, “for she is bothering us with all her begging.(Matthew 15:23)The Living Bible Jesus and the disciples walked some fifty miles over to the area of Tyre and Sidon on the Phoenician coast. This determined gentile woman approached the famous Jewish healer dogging His steps probably for several blocks [...]