High School Small Group

There are several benefits of forgiveness. It can release us from the bondage of bitterness, it can release the other person from the guilt they may feel, and it can heal relationships. Despite these wonderful benefits of forgiveness, why do we forgive? Paul tells us plainly that we are to...

Instead of writing a devotional this week, I'm going to give you an excerpt from John Wimber's book, Power Healing. It's one of the many first-hand stories of God using people to heal the sick today...

Now, Jesus went about proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and its available to all. He has demonstrated the reality of its presence. This dual action of proclamation and demonstration is found throughout the Gospels...

Last week we learned from John 15 that we are to obey this command from Jesus, "Love each other as I have loved you." John 14:23 says that our obedience will result in the Father loving us. When I initially read this, I said to myself, "What? I thought the Father loved the whole world before we loved him!" That is true, John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world�" Is the Bible contradicting itself?

There are two words in this passage that are very similar, *Believe* and *Faith*. If we look at this passage it the original Greek, these words are both derived from the same Greek word...