1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NLT)But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus di...  Read More

1 Corinthians 15:42-58 (NLT)It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. Our bodies are buri...  Read More

Luke 23:39-43 (NLT)One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!” But the other criminal protested, “Do...  Read More

2 Corinthians 5:1-10 (NLT)For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing t...  Read More

Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 (NLT)Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” Remember him before th...  Read More

There is a question that most of us would rather avoid. We fill our days with work, relationships, plans, and ambitions, and somewhere beneath all of it sits a question we rarely allow ourselves to si...  Read More

Mark 12:28-31One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The m...  Read More

1 John 3:1-3See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dea...  Read More

Colossians 1:15-20Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly real...  Read More

Romans 8:35-3935 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threa...  Read More

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (NIV)"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mys...  Read More

A chapter in the Bible is so well known that it has been read aloud at countless weddings, printed on greeting cards, and memorized by generations of believers. First Corinthians 13 is often called th...  Read More