Daily Devotion

Luke 4:31-37 -- I would like to know as much about Capernaum as I do about Nazareth, but the strange fact is that there is even doubt as to the site of this lakeside town where so much of Jesus' mighty works were done. This scripture is especially...

Luke 4:16-30 (continued) -- The compliment Jesus paid to the Gentiles apparently angered the Jews, especially being done in the Temple. The Jews were so sure that they were God's people that they utterly despised all others. They believed that God...

Luke 4:16-30 -- One of Jesus' early visits was to Nazareth, his hometown. Nazareth was not a village. It is called a polis which means a town or city, and it may have had as many as 20,000 inhabitants. It stood in a little hollow in the hills on...

Rev. William Ilnisky Scripture : LUKE 3:21-22! The thinkers of the church have always looked for an answer to the question, "Why did Jesus go to John to be baptized?" The baptisms of John were of repentance, and it is our conviction that Jesus was...

Rev. William Ilnisky Scripture: Hebrews 6:19-20 In the ancient world, the anchor was a symbol of hope. The writer of Hebrews insists that believers possess the greatest hope in the world. The hope that all things will be subordinated to the Son...

Rev. William Ilnisky Scripture : Hebrews 6:17-18 The implication here is that God, even though He is not like men, confirmed His promise to Abraham, and his descendants by an oath. That oath underscored God's unchangeableness, "the immutability of...