Jim Connolly

new!

This is a new teaching - our relationships with others are so important that Jesus teaches us very clearly that harm to a brother or sister is like a criminal offense subject to prosecution. How often…

Matthew 5:22 (NASB)

connection!

the first time I read the passage ( hebrews on faith) I had trouble following the author's argument but tonite all of the examples came together and made sense. Praise God!

Hebrews 10:19 (NCV), Hebrews 10:20 (NCV), Hebrews 10:21 (NCV), Hebrews 10:22 (NCV), Hebrews 10:23 (NCV), Hebrews 10:24 (NCV), Hebrews 10:25 (NCV), Hebrews 11:1 (NCV), Hebrews 11:2 (NCV), Hebrews 11:3 (NCV), Hebrews 11:4 (NCV), Hebrews 11:5 (NCV), Hebrews 11:6 (NCV), Hebrews 11:7 (NCV), Hebrews 11:8 (NCV), Hebrews 11:9 (NCV), Hebrews 11:10 (NCV), Hebrews 11:11 (NCV), Hebrews 11:12 (NCV), Hebrews 11:13 (NCV), Hebrews 11:14 (NCV), Hebrews 11:15 (NCV), Hebrews 11:16 (NCV), Hebrews 11:17 (NCV), Hebrews 11:18 (NCV), Hebrews 11:19 (NCV), Hebrews 11:20 (NCV), Hebrews 11:21 (NCV), Hebrews 11:22 (NCV), Hebrews 11:23 (NCV), Hebrews 11:24 (NCV), Hebrews 11:25 (NCV), Hebrews 11:26 (NCV), Hebrews 11:27 (NCV), Hebrews 11:28 (NCV), Hebrews 11:29 (NCV), Hebrews 11:30 (NCV), Hebrews 11:31 (NCV), Hebrews 11:32 (NCV), Hebrews 11:33 (NCV), Hebrews 11:34 (NCV), Hebrews 11:35 (NCV), Hebrews 11:36 (NCV), Hebrews 11:37 (NCV), Hebrews 11:38 (NCV), Hebrews 11:39 (NCV), Hebrews 11:40 (NCV)

Praise is part of Faith

It is very clear in the Chronicles passage that God fought on their side because the army was intent on praise of Him. This is an important lesson for us!

2 Chronicles 20:20 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:21 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:22 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:23 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:24 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:25 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:26 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:27 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:28 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:29 (NCV), 2 Chronicles 20:30 (NCV), Daniel 3:1 (NCV), Daniel 3:2 (NCV), Daniel 3:3 (NCV), Daniel 3:4 (NCV), Daniel 3:5 (NCV), Daniel 3:6 (NCV), Daniel 3:7 (NCV), Daniel 3:8 (NCV), Daniel 3:9 (NCV), Daniel 3:10 (NCV), Daniel 3:11 (NCV), Daniel 3:12 (NCV), Daniel 3:13 (NCV), Daniel 3:14 (NCV), Daniel 3:15 (NCV), Daniel 3:16 (NCV), Daniel 3:17 (NCV), Daniel 3:18 (NCV), Daniel 3:19 (NCV), Daniel 3:20 (NCV), Daniel 3:21 (NCV), Daniel 3:22 (NCV), Daniel 3:23 (NCV), Daniel 3:24 (NCV), Daniel 3:25 (NCV), Daniel 3:26 (NCV), Daniel 3:27 (NCV), Daniel 3:28 (NCV), Daniel 3:29 (NCV), Daniel 3:30 (NCV)

how about us?

how often are we tempted to deny Christ - maybe not as emphatically as Peter but still really.

Matthew 26:73 (NASB)

Luke 4:39

NOTHING is too hard for the Lord Jesus (like the exorcisim in Vs 33) but this whole section (vss 31-40) begins the picture of Jesus early ministry as an itinerant preacher. How do we evangelize? or as…

Essential Jesus

At this point in the Essential Jesus reading plan (about 1/3 of the way through the 100 readings) we are at the (pre) infancy narratives in both Luke and Matthew. Two comments at this juncture:1. There…

Matthew 1:18 (NIV)

Striking passage in Acts 2

Acts 2:22-24 is a beautiful concise Kerygma showing who Jesus is and how he relates to the Father. The early Christian community - Church - is again portrayed simply and powerfully in vv43-47. We need…

Acts 2:1 (NLT)