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This post features a breakdown of the first sentence of Ephesians.

Jesus called his disciples from several different walks of life. Now, what we know about the disciples outside of what is given to us in the Bible is a bit tricky to navigate. There are conflicting accounts and a lot of it is based on tradition and there isn't much as far as reliable sources to go off of.   That said, we DO know the names of the twelve that Jesus chose to follow him and among those names are two people that I want to contrast. Levi (Matthew) and Simon Zelotes

"But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and whose mouth are no reproofs." - Psalm 38:13-14 David was a man who had a lot of enemies. He was both a man that sought after the Lord AND a man who had been placed in authority. Both of these factors contribute to many of the hardships David faced in his life. His father couldn't even consider the possibility that God wanted him to be King, his broth

"Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith..." - Colossians 2:7 VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE What it means to be "rooted in Christ" is essentially that He becomes our life. Paul goes on in this same book to say that we are dead and that our life is hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3). A plant will die if it is not connected to the roots. I am no botanist and I didn't pay too much attention in school, but I know that roots serve at least 2 major functions

Daily Bible Thought for December 1, 2025 from Romans 12:2 "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." The Basic Bible Thought: "We are commanded here not to look like or fashion ourselves according to the culture of the world. Instead, we should have our minds renewed by God's Word so that we can know, understand, and apply ourselves to the perfect will

Introduction – Proverbs 1:1-4   The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the...

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