by Susan Barnes | 18 Apr 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “… Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property … Peter said, ‘Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal?...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Nov 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?” Matthew 19:20 This young man knew something was missing from his life. When Jesus asked him if he kept the commandments,...
by Susan Barnes | 23 Apr 2019 | Bible Study
The Bible records many of Jesus’ sayings, but we have become so familiar with them, that we overlook how controversial many of them were: He said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!” (Mark 10:23-24). The disciples were amazed. Wealth was another...
by Susan Barnes | 5 Mar 2019 | Women in the Bible
In Acts 16 we read the story of Paul preaching to a group of women at Philippi. One of these women was Lydia who was a “dealer in purple cloth.” She would have been a wealthy business woman. Paul only spent several days in Philippi but there are two other stories of...
