Chris Bishop

  • Proverbs 15:17

    Proverbs 15:17 (NLT)
    A bowl of vegetables with someone you love is better than steak with someone you hate.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Proverbs 19:18

    Proverbs 19:18 (NLT)
    Discipline your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Proverbs 16:8

    Proverbs 16:8 (NLT)
    Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest.

    Created 10 months ago

  • Proverbs 14:4

    Proverbs 14:4 (NLT)
    Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Stones cry out

    the stones cry out if we will not...is this then a valid approach to thinking about people who never hear the good news, that they will come to know God through Go'd general revelation vs. God's special…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 19:38 (NLT), Luke 19:39 (NLT), Luke 19:40 (NLT)

  • Luke 19:38

    Luke 19:38 (NLT)
    “Blessings on the King who comes in the name of the LORD! Peace in heaven, and glory in highest heaven!”

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Luke 19:39

    Luke 19:39 (NLT)
    But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, “Teacher, rebuke your followers for saying things like that!”

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Luke 19:40

    Luke 19:40 (NLT)
    He replied, “If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!”

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Proverbs 12:25

    Proverbs 12:25 (NLT)
    Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • HUGE!!!

    Ok so if this part is true, we are not accountable for what we do not know because they have not been relieved to us. What does this say about the people who are ignorant of the law? those who have not…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 29:29 (NLT)

  • Deuteronomy 29:29

    Deuteronomy 29:29 (NLT)
    “The LORD our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 3:30

    John 3:30 (NLT)
    He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Jesus Was HOMELESS

    Shane Claiborne wore a shirt that said JESUS WAS HOMELESS to a hearing he and about 30 others were involved in because of "trespassing". The judge called Shane to his desk and read the shirt. Shane…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 9:58 (NLT)

  • prodigal punishment

    this was the punishment that the son had coming to his and his father embraced him with open arms.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 21:18 (NLT), Deuteronomy 21:19 (NLT), Deuteronomy 21:20 (NLT), Deuteronomy 21:21 (NLT)

  • what's your anwser

    how do you answer this?

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 9:18 (NLT), Luke 9:19 (NLT), Luke 9:20 (NLT)

  • Who will cast the first stone?

    Think about all of the teachings of Jesus about casting the first stone. there is more ownership and implication of the person that throws the first stone. That person is more than a witness they are…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 17:6 (NLT), Deuteronomy 17:7 (NLT)

  • leaving a legacy

    What legacy are you going to leave? How are you bringing that about today so that you can finish it before your time is up?

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 71:18 (NLT)

  • Psalm 71:17

    Psalm 71:17 (NLT)
    OGod, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Grace and God as farmer

    I love the idea that God is not worries about where the seed will land while it is being planted. The idea that God is a grace filled sewer of seed if cool to me. Poor farmer, but good and gracious God..

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 8:4 (NLT)

  • Proverbs 12:10

    Proverbs 12:10 (NLT)
    The godly care for their animals, but the wicked are always cruel.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Identity

    DO ALL you can to remember and teach others of the goodness of God. We are a people with short term memory problems.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 11:18 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:19 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:20 (NLT), Deuteronomy 11:21 (NLT)

  • Kingdom Open to who

    in all of Israel there is not faith like this man's! In all of Israel? this man was someone who was not living in the law. This man was someone who shouldn't have been able to come and know the love that…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 7:9 (NLT), Luke 7:10 (NLT)

  • detour

    I wonder if it was an 11 day trip how the story would have been changed, how obedience would have been weakened. In some conversation with folks who are recovering from addiction they say that when people…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 1:2 (NLT), Deuteronomy 1:3 (NLT)

  • Proverbs 11:22

    Proverbs 11:22 (NLT)
    A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Proverbs 11:18

    Proverbs 11:18 (NLT)
    Evil people get rich for the moment, but the reward of the godly will last.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Psalm 55:1

    Psalm 55:1 (NLT)
    Listen to my prayer, OGod. Do not ignore my cry for help!

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Psalm 55:1

    Psalm 55:1 (NLT)
    Listen to my prayer, OGod. Do not ignore my cry for help!

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Numbers 22:23

    Numbers 22:23 (NLT)
    Balaam’s donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Numbers 22:24

    Numbers 22:24 (NLT)
    Then the angel of the LORD stood at a place where the road narrowed between two vineyard walls.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Numbers 22:25

    Numbers 22:25 (NLT)
    When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it tried to squeeze by and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So Balaam beat the donkey again.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Numbers 22:25

    Numbers 22:25 (NLT)
    When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it tried to squeeze by and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So Balaam beat the donkey again.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Numbers 22:27

    Numbers 22:27 (NLT)
    This time when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down under Balaam. In a fit of rage Balaam beat the animal again with his staff.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Numbers 22:28

    Numbers 22:28 (NLT)
    Then the LORD gave the donkey the ability to speak. “What have I done to you that deserves your beating me three times?” it asked Balaam.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Proverbs 11:13

    Proverbs 11:13 (NLT)
    A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Tassels and reminders

    Such a powerful way to remind us of God constantly

    Created about 1 year ago

    Numbers 15:38 (NLT), Numbers 15:39 (NLT), Numbers 15:40 (NLT)

  • Numbers 11:20

    Numbers 11:20 (NLT)
    You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the LORD, who is here among you, and you have whined to him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’”

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Psalm 46:9

    Psalm 46:9 (NLT)
    He causes wars to end throughout the earth. He breaks the bow and snaps the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

    Created over 1 year ago

  • THE QUESTION

    This is the exchange that every one of us has to have an answer to. We hear all about what other people think about who Jesus is. We talk, read, hear sermons, go to Bible study and hear about others opinions…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 8:27 (NLT), Mark 8:28 (NLT), Mark 8:29 (NLT), Mark 8:30 (NLT)

  • Of Course

    Surely the people would have been mad. 2000 pigs would have been their livelihood. Jesus did what must have been done, but there was also a kind of collateral damage

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 5:14 (NLT), Mark 5:15 (NLT), Mark 5:16 (NLT), Mark 5:17 (NLT)

  • SUcess rate

    It would seem like this parable would bring hope to us in that Jesus knows that the life of faith is a hard one and his success rate was not so great to those he told the Good News to. also pay attention…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 4:3 (NLT)

  • Messianic Secret

    Jesus often tells the people that he heals to be quiet or to keep his identity a secret until the time is right.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 1:44 (NLT)

  • Who Do you say...

    It is striking that throughout the gospels that the demons and those evil spirits know who Jesus is (his true identity). Yet the people who are following Jesus have a hard time understanding this. In…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 1:24 (NLT)

  • passing the buck

    Aaron passes the blame to the people he is leading saying that it is his fault that this happed. Best ever "I threw the jewelry in the fire and the out popped a calf!" :-)

    Created over 1 year ago

    Exodus 32:22 (NLT), Exodus 32:23 (NLT), Exodus 32:24 (NLT)

  • A note to Leaders

    There is a huge draw or desire to be liked. Aaron found this to be true when he saw that the people were excited about the idol, even though he knew it was not a good decision. Sometimes the focus of…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Exodus 32:5 (NLT)

  • powerful woords

    I think that the scriptures from the garden are such powerful portrayals of the full emotion of Jesus. In our student ministry we have been talking about the fully human and fully divine Jesus. I know…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 26:38 (NLT)

  • the rise of a team

    There is a powerful story here in the community that is displayed. Though Moses was the prophet and the one holding the staff of God, it couldn't have stayed there with the others by his side. I wonder…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Exodus 17:11 (NLT), Exodus 17:12 (NLT), Exodus 17:13 (NLT)

  • holy ground

    Holy ground can be anywhere. It is not just at church or in the places where you pray. Holy ground can be your office, car, or favorite pizza place. It is where we are particularly in tune with God and…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Exodus 3:5 (NLT)

  • a forgotten point

    We so often think that God pucks out the best and the brightest to do what needs to be done. Yet in reality this is nit the case. We tend to forget that Moses was a murderer. Yet we remember that pack…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Exodus 2:12 (NLT)

  • the core disciples

    Here we see that Peter James and John seem to be like Jesus' small group or core. They are the ones that Jesus kind of mentored in a different way than the others.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Matthew 17:1 (NLT)

  • powerful verse

    I love that Joseph doesn't say that God brought the poor fortune upon him so that he could be in the position. He know that through the free will of his brothers they sold him into slavery and this was…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Genesis 50:20 (NLT)

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