Luke 24:36-45 (NIV) 36  While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 37  They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38  He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39  Look at […]

Luke 24:36 (NIV) 36  While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They still could not believe.  The evidence was all in but it was still too much to handle.  No one comes back from the dead. Their hearts were still too hardened by the […]

Luke 24:31 (NIV) 31  Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. Mark 10:51-52 (NIV) 51  “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.” 52  “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he […]

1 Corinthians 1:18 (NIV) 18  For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.   Philosophers and politicians and world rulers have all attempted to bring in a kingdom that will last forever.  The past six thousand years of […]

Luke 24:21 (NIV) 21  but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.   The evidence was all in, he was gone.  He was not coming back.  They were now left alone.  All their hopes […]

Acts 12:5 (NIV) 5  So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. If you were looking on the outside of this situation you might have concluded that the church was in desperate times. The evidence would have all pointed to that being the truth.  There would be no detractors from […]

Matthew 24:15-22 (NIV) 15  “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel–let the reader understand– 16  then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17  Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out […]

Acts 5:40-42 (NIV) 40  His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41  The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. 42  Day after […]

Mark 14:8-9 (NIV) 8  She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. 9  I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” It was one week before her Lord would be […]

2 Chronicles 28:20-23 (NIV) 20  Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. 21  Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the LORD and from the royal palace and from the princes and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help […]