How to follow Jesus when everyone else seems further ahead. His last “follow me” in the Gospels went to Peter, right after Peter asked about someone else.
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Who Was Blind Bartimaeus? The Question Jesus Asked Twice
Who was blind Bartimaeus? The crowd told him to be quiet. He shouted louder. Then Jesus asked him the same question He had just asked James and John (Mark 10).
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How to Hear from God: The Voice on the Mountain Pointed to Jesus
How to hear from God, from the one moment in the Gospels a voice from heaven told people what to do. It said two words, and they pointed to Jesus.
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What Is Learned Helplessness? Jesus Asked a Man Sick for 38 Years One Question
What is learned helplessness? In 2016 the scientists behind it said giving up is the brain’s default and hope is learned. John 5 shows the same thing at a pool.
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What Is Survivor’s Guilt? Jesus Refused the Math
What is survivor’s guilt? It’s the quiet belief that living means you owe a debt. When a tower fell on eighteen people, Jesus refused that math out loud.
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Luke 21:26 Meaning: The Rare Word Jesus Used for Dread
Luke 21:26 meaning: “hearts failing them for fear” uses a Greek word found nowhere else in the New Testament. See what it means, and what Jesus said to do next.
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How Do You Stop Judging Others? Jesus Gave You an Order, Not a Ban
How to stop judging others? Jesus never said to stop seeing faults. In Matthew 7:5 Jesus gave an order: deal with your own beam first, then you’ll see clearly.
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How to Become a Christian: A Jailer Asked It at Midnight
A jailer in Acts 16 asked “what must I do to be saved?” and got a one-sentence answer. What happened in the next three verses shows you what tomorrow morning can look like.
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Are All Sins Equal? What Jesus Told Pilate Says No
Are all sins equal? James 2:10 seems to say yes, but Jesus told Pilate one sin was greater. Here is how both are true, and what neither verse says about you.
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What Does the Bible Say About Keeping Your Word? No Loopholes
What does the Bible say about keeping your word? Jesus found people swearing oaths with loopholes built in. His answer was simpler: make your plain yes enough.