by Susan Barnes | 6 Feb 2025 | Life of Jesus Christ
Mission is the twelfth and last article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Watchman Nee, author and missionary, reflected on how people become Christians and wondered what the least necessary requirement was to come to faith....
by Susan Barnes | 2 Dec 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
The Resurrection is the eleventh article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Yancey comments on the actions of the soldiers guarding Jesus’ tomb (Matthew 27:62-66; 28:11-15). “Soldiers standing guard outside Jesus’...
by Susan Barnes | 11 Nov 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Serving is the tenth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). We can rob others of the blessing of giving if we won’t receive from them. When Jesus washes the...
by Susan Barnes | 21 Oct 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Miracles is the ninth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. The American author Philip Yancey wrote: “Although faith may produce miracles, miracles do not necessarily produce faith.”[1] I was reading the book of Exodus...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Sep 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Grace is the eighth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Although I had been a Christian for many years when my husband was diagnosed with cancer, it was during this time that I began to understand grace. My husband’s...
by Susan Barnes | 9 Sep 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Mercy is the seventh article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Jesus shows us the mercy of God. From the earliest chapters of Genesis, we see God’s mercy. “If you eat its fruit [from the tree of the knowledge of good...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Aug 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
The Beatitudes are the sixth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. The Beatitudes are found in Jesus’ most well-known sermon, The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3-10). Blessed are the poor in spirit. I can’t...
by Susan Barnes | 29 Jul 2024 | Life of Jesus Christ
Faith is the fifth article in the series, The Life of Jesus Christ. To read the whole series click here. Jesus performs his first miracle at a wedding where they had run out of wine. The miracle is in response to his mother’s faith in him and it’s the most surprising...
