Art Powell

  • Me and My Household Will Be Saved

    This misquoted verse from Acts 16:31 has caused unmeasured heartache for people who believe that since they have been saved that their wife, husband, daughter, son, parent, etc. will be saved also. Jesus…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Luke 12:51 (NLT), Luke 12:52 (NLT), Luke 12:53 (NLT)

  • Where Jesus Loses People

    The story of the woman with the alabaster jar is important because it shows us the proper adoration that we need to show our savior. But it also shows us why people abandon Jesus. People are comfortable…

    Created 3 months ago

    Mark 14:3 (NLT), Mark 14:4 (NLT), Mark 14:5 (NLT), Mark 14:6 (NLT), Mark 14:7 (NLT), Mark 14:8 (NLT), Mark 14:9 (NLT), Mark 14:10 (NLT)

  • Jesus Called Her a Dog

    We always get this imagine of Jesus as a nice, gentle person who never offended anyone and was meek as in weak. The Biblical accounts of his life do not support this. In Mark a Gentile woman comes to…

    Created 3 months ago

    Mark 7:27 (NLT)

  • Scapegoat

    http://bible.us/Lev16.20.NLT 20 “When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat.21 He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head…

    Created 3 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2012-02-22

  • Mary and Martha

    Luke 10:38 (NLT)
    As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

    Created 4 months ago

  • God's Law

    http://bible.us/Matt7.21.NLT “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many…

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-01-05

  • The Law

    Here it is in black and white. Jesus didn't come to remove the law, he came to bring us salvation. As followers of Jesus we must obey the law (the 'law' not the customs and regulations). The difference…

    Created 5 months ago

    Matthew 5:17 (NLT), Matthew 5:18 (NLT), Matthew 5:19 (NLT)

  • New Convenant

    Very interesting that God is declaring that the Levites may no longer offer the sacrifices due to their unfaithfulness. To me this points to God already in the process of eliminating the old contract…

    Created 6 months ago

    Ezekiel 44:13 (NLT)

  • Jesus Drew From The Well

    Another startling example of Jesus teachings being based on the Old Testament. Jesus promising to separate the goats from the sheep is fulfilling God's promise that he would do so in this verse.

    Created 6 months ago

    Ezekiel 34:17 (NLT)

  • Take Heed

    Take heed people. Look at out present economic situation. Get out of debt! This proverb reminds us that we must be aware of our culture and environment and prepare ourselves.

    Created 6 months ago

    Proverbs 27:12 (NLT)

  • Old Covenant

    The Old Covenant is gone. Jews must be saved by Jesus and cannot be saved any other way. These two versus make it perfectly clear.

    Created 6 months ago

    Hebrews 10:8 (NLT), Hebrews 10:9 (NLT)

  • Kingdom

    God is always about his Kingdom. Here he is tearing down his Old Testament Kingdom (righteously so because of its wickedness) and making the way for the true righteous King to rule his new Kingdom.

    Created 6 months ago

    Ezekiel 21:27 (NLT)

  • The True Call of Evangilism

    True evangelism is simply telling others how God has changed our lives, nothing less, nothing more. We make it much more complicated than it really is.

    Created 6 months ago

    Psalm 107:2 (NLT)

  • The Law of Regulations

    Wow. It appearsthat God is admitting that he gave the Israelis the law of regulations because of their desire for them but God knew it would not lead to life and even calls them 'worthless'.

    Created 6 months ago

    Ezekiel 20:25 (NLT)

  • Personal Responsibility

    Ezekiel Chapter 18 is powerful because it comes directly from the mouth of God to Ezekiel; it's God own words. He slams the lid on generational curses and the sins of the father being passed to his…

    Created 6 months ago

    Ezekiel 18:1 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-11-16

  • The Well Jesus Drew From

    We always think that Jesus nullified the law and brought something new and radical to the table with our relationship with God. Yet here is God, through his prophet, asking us to turn the other cheek.…

    Created 7 months ago

    Lamentations 3:30 (NLT)

  • Jeremiah 9:25

    Jeremiah 9:25 (NLT)
    “A time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—

    Created 7 months ago

    Labels: new covenant references

  • Isaiah 24:1

    Isaiah 24:1 (NLT)
    Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-10-02

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-08-29

  • Matthew 28:19

    Matthew 28:19 (NLT)
    Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Ephesians 4:5

    Ephesians 4:5 (NLT)
    There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

    Created 9 months ago

  • 1 Peter 1:12

    1 Peter 1:12 (NLT)
    They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

    Created 9 months ago

  • John 15:26

    John 15:26 (NLT)
    “But I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Matthew 3:16

    Matthew 3:16 (NLT)
    After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Isaiah 6:8

    Isaiah 6:8 (NLT)
    Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”

    Created 9 months ago

  • Genesis 11:7

    Genesis 11:7 (NLT)
    Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”

    Created 9 months ago

  • Genesis 1:26

    Genesis 1:26 (NLT)
    Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”

    Created 9 months ago

  • James 2:19

    James 2:19 (NLT)
    You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 6:4

    Deuteronomy 6:4 (NLT)
    “Listen, OIsrael! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.

    Created 9 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-06-07

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-03-15