Choice

Jesus begins to pick His staff - Mark 1:9 – 1:20 (commentary)

One day as John the Baptist was preaching and baptizing, Jesus appeared on the banks of the Jordan River and requested to be baptized. His baptism was not a testimony that He had been cleansed from sin (for He was sinless). He was merely identifying with sinners like you and me a …

Jesus chooses Matthew as a disciple - Mark 2:13 – 2:17 (commentary)

The scene now shifts to the seaside (v. 13). Jesus chooses one man, Matthew to join Him as a disciple (v. 14). He was employed by the Roman government as a tax-gatherer which was a lucrative position. Tax collectors were renowned for dishonesty and extortion. They were detested t …

A choice must be made - Joshua 24:1 – 24:15 (commentary)

This last meeting of Joshua took place at Shechem which is a few miles northwest of Shiloh (v. 1). This was where God first promised Canaan to Abraham (Gen. 12:6-7), where Jacob built an altar and buried the idols his family had brought with them (Gen. 35:4) and where the I …

Sampson Falls in Love - Judges 14:1 – 14:7 (commentary)

Timnath was located about 4 miles south-west of Zorah which was only about an hour’s walk. It was here that Samson met the first of his lovers and he didn’t seem to be concerned that she was a Philistine (v. 1). He knew the laws of separation God had given to the people, but he …