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James, brother of the Lord

James’s journey from doubt to faith shows that it’s okay to have questions and even doubts. Sometimes, faith grows through encounters with Jesus that transform…

Peter: Defending that church is for everyone

God’s love is for all people, regardless of background, and we are called to embrace diversity within the body of Christ. Peter came from a…

Peter: Healing in Jesus’ Name

Faith in Jesus not only transforms us but can also bless others around us. A man lame from birth is healed and immediately stands up.…

Peter: Filled with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

When we allow the Holy Spirit to work through us, we can impact others in ways we couldn’t imagine on our own. God opened the…

Peter: Denial and Restoration

Picture this in your mind. Peter has confessed that Jesus is the Messiah and followed him for three years. He denies Jesus three times, as…

Peter: Confession of Jesus as the Messiah

Recognising and standing firm in who Jesus is lays the foundation for everything we do and believe as Christians.

Peter: Peter’s faith and doubt

Faith in God can move us beyond the impossible, but doubt weakens us. This is an important lesson for Peter at this time, and for…

Peter: Called as a disciple

God can call anyone, no matter their background, for His purpose. Paul was a simple fisherman. He was originally from Betsaida, but moved to Capernaum…

The man at the Pool of Bethesda

Samson’s Legacy

Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the…

Samson’s Final Prayer and Destruction of the Temple

And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon…

Samson and Delilah: The Betrayal

Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hands. She made him sleep on her knees. And…

Samson’s Revenge on the Philistines Using Foxes

And when he had set fire to the torches, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines and set fire to…

Samson Kills a Lion and Finds Honey in its Carcass

After some days he returned to take her. And he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm…

Samson's First Marriage and the Riddle

And they said to him, "Put your riddle, that we may hear it." And he said to them, "Out of the eater came something to…

Samson's Birth and Vow as a Nazirite

Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor…

Living in a Fallen World

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has appointed for me another…

Driven Out of Eden

Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever--" therefore the LORD God sent…

God’s Judgement and Promise of Redemption

You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your…

The Consequences of Sin

He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" The man…