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Obeying the President’s Wishes
Imagine, if you will, that you work for a company whose president found it necessary to travel out of the country and spend an extended period of time abroad. So he says to you and the other trusted e... -
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Trust in Pastors is (Way) Down
In my lifetime, the classic image of the devoted parish pastor who could be trusted to rightly preach the word, diligently care for souls, and wisely lead the church has shifted dramatically. With maj... -
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Narcissism in the Pulpit?
A colleague of mine often says that ministry is a magnet for narcissistic personality—who else would want to speak on behalf of God every week? While the vast majority of people struggle with public s... -
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The Grievous Sin
In 1988, I (Randy) moved with my wife and two sons (ages two and eight weeks) from Texas to Sulawesi, an island north of Australia and south of the Philippines. We served as missionaries to a cluster ... -
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The Bible Calls Us
God speaks the decisive word that puts us on the way, the road. The path of life. The Hebrew word for Bible is Miqra, a noun formed from the verb “to call” qara. The Bible is not a book to carry aroun... -
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The Problem of Forgetfulness
One of humanity’s problems is forgetfulness. Forgetfulness can happen at multiple levels, from a simple problem of recall to a posture of hard-heartedness and disobedience toward the command-giver. Wh... -
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The Unnecessary Pastor
…And we are unnecessary to what congregations insist that we must do and be: as the experts who help them stay ahead of the competition. . . . They want pastors who lead. . . . Congregations get their... -
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The Risk of a Professional Ministry
Ministers run the awful risk . . . of ceasing to be witnesses to the presence in their own lives — let alone in the lives of the people they are trying to minister to — of a living God who transcends ... -
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God is a Consuming Fire
Curiously enough, it is a fear of how grace will change and improve them that keeps many souls away from God. They want God to take them as they are and let them stay that way. They want Him to take a... -
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Two Strong Voices
Since I was very young my life has been dominated by two strong voices. The first said, “Make it in the world and be sure you can do it on your own.” And the other voice said, “Whatever you do for the... -
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An Unfortunate Comparison
Jesus doesn’t just use the shepherd metaphor when he refers to himself as the door. Over and over in the Bible, we are compared to sheep. Some people think it’s heartwarming. But I hate to tell you, i... -
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It Could Have Been Worse
There is an old story] about a man reciting a litany of woes to his friend—he has lost his job, his house, his money, his fiancée—and his friend keeps saying, “It could have been worse.” Finally the m... -
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A Demand as Well as an Offer
Jesus never concealed the fact that his religion included a demand as well as an offer. Indeed, the demand was as total as the offer was free. His offer of salvation always brings with it the requirem... -
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Our Sweet, Precious, and Pleasing Acts of Obedience
Why do we imagine God to be so unmoved by our heart-felt attempts at obedience? He is, after all, our heavenly Father. What sort of father looks at his daughter’s homemade birthday card and complains ... -
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Pastors & Therapists: Human Like Every One Else
Perhaps you’ve never thought of this before, but there are a lot of commonalities between therapists and pastors. Both therapists and pastors are given an inside view into the joys and mess that make ... -
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Disregarding God’s Prohibitions
Some years ago I had a pastoral relationship with a couple of people who were deeply in love with each other. They believed that God wanted them to get married so they could consummate their love. The... -
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Two Kind of Books on Pain
Books on the problem of pain divide neatly into two groupings. The older ones, by people like Aquinas, Bunyan, Donne, Luther, Calvin, and Augustine, ungrudgingly accept pain and suffering as God’s use... -
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A Poor Woman And A Rich Man
Imagine you’re a financial counselor. Today you have two appointments, first with an elderly woman and then a middle-aged man. The woman’s husband died six years ago. She says, “I have no more money. ... -
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The Mark of Obedience
When I worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, I used to ask college students if they had learned much at a weekend conference. They would often answer, “Oh, yeah. You should see how many noteb... -
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Professionalizing Clergy
In a book written almost thirty years ago, and yet just as relevant today, the Episcopal priest Robert Farrar Capon laments the “professionalization” of clergy, especially as it relates to counseling.... -
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Catching up to the Pain
I learned a long time ago that if I hustle fast enough, the emptiness will never catch up with me. First I outran it by traveling and dancing and drinking two-for-one whiskey sours at Calypso on State... -
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The Role of the Pastor
In the modern church, the role of the pastor is no longer clear cut. The pastor is expected to do a lot of things but is not sure which is “the one thing needful” (Luke 10:42), the essential duty. The... -
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Commanding the Waves
In the years 1014-1035 there ruled over England a Danish king named Canute. King Canute tired of hearing his retainers flatter him with extravagant praises of his greatness, power and invincibility. H... -
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Humanity's Problem of Forgetfulness
One of humanity’s problems is forgetfulness. Forgetfulness can happen at multiple levels, from a simple problem of recall to a posture of hard-heartedness and disobedience toward the command-giver. Wh... -
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My Best Medicine
It is often said that people die as they lived. This was certainly true of the great Protestant Reformer Martin Luther. As Luther came close to the end of his life, he suffered from severe headaches w... -
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Masks and Ministry
The ancient Greek word for actor was hypocritēs (ὑποκρῐτής), which, at first, only implied someone who explained or interpreted something. But by New Testament times, it was more negative. It suggest... -
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The Crucifixion of Ministry
In his book of the same name, seminary professor Andrew Purves describes the centrality of the cross as it relates to ministry: When I speak at conferences about the crucifixion of ministry, ministe... -
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Elijah Experiencing the Crucifixion of Ministry
In his important book, The Crucifixion of Ministry, seminary professor Andrew Purves sees a paradigm in Elijah’s ministry: For many years I have taken Elijah’s story in 1 Kings 19 as a paradigm. Eli... -
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Death and Life in Your Hands
Let’s call her Roberta; she was clearly near the end of a very long journey toward death’s door. Roberta’s cancer was a particularly nasty variety; by now it had eaten its way into most of her vital o... -
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My Ministry or Christ’s Ministry?
In class I often use a show-and-tell example to illustrate the central point for the understanding of ministry. I invite a student to join me at the front of the class. I always pick a large, strongly...
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- Redeemer (51)
- Redemption (187)
- Reflection (28)
- Refuge (48)
- Rejecting God (29)
- Rejection (31)
- Rejoicing (21)
- Relationship with God (53)
- Relationships (150)
- Religion (67)
- Religion and Politics (31)
- Religion and Public Life (21)
- Remembering (27)
- Renewal (126)
- Repentance (191)
- Repetition (32)
- Rescue (64)
- Resentment (40)
- Resilience (44)
- Resistance (25)
- Resisting Temptation (21)
- Respect (24)
- Responsibility (53)
- Rest (138)
- Rest in God (23)
- Restoration (63)
- Resurrection (142)
- Resurrection Life (40)
- Resurrection of the Dead (88)
- Resurrection to New Life (61)
- Retreat (26)
- Returning to God (41)
- Revelation (91)
- Revenge (23)
- Right Relationships (24)
- Righteousness (136)
- Risks (44)
- Romantic Love (37)
- Romantic Relationships (33)
- Running from God (21)
- The Resurrection and the Life (32)
- The Risen Lord (59)
- The Rock (24)
- The Roman Empire (29)
S
- Sabbath (140)
- Sacrifice (180)
- Sacrificial Giving (21)
- Sacrificial Love (70)
- Safety (33)
- Salt and Light (23)
- Salvation (302)
- Sanctification (154)
- Satan (74)
- Satisfaction (31)
- Saved by Grace (29)
- Savior (155)
- School (35)
- Science (75)
- Science and Religion (77)
- Scripture (137)
- Sea (40)
- Seasons (25)
- Secularism (21)
- Security (33)
- Seeking God (77)
- Seeking the Kingdom (23)
- Seeking the Truth (37)
- Segregation (24)
- Self-Absorption (21)
- Self-Awareness (89)
- Self-Centeredness (93)
- Self-Control (51)
- Self-Deception (46)
- Self-Destruction (23)
- Self-Image (29)
- Self-Love (24)
- Self-Reliance (46)
- Self-Renunciation (30)
- Self-Righteousness (55)
- Self-Sacrifice (37)
- Selfishness (123)
- Sermon on the Mount (36)
- Sermons (24)
- Servant Leadership (25)
- Servanthood (85)
- Service (115)
- Sex (55)
- Shalom (30)
- Shame (76)
- Sheep (46)
- Shepherd (28)
- Shepherds (39)
- Sickness (44)
- Sight (49)
- Signs (35)
- Silence (96)
- Sin (219)
- Sinfulness (66)
- Singing (38)
- Sinners (37)
- Sins (109)
- Skepticism (30)
- Slavery (53)
- Sleep (21)
- Smart Phones (35)
- Social Justice (23)
- Social Media (48)
- Soil (31)
- Solitude (67)
- Son of God (22)
- Sorrow (54)
- Speech (49)
- Spiritual Battles (36)
- Spiritual Blindness (22)
- Spiritual Disciplines (57)
- Spiritual Formation (54)
- Spiritual Gifts (26)
- Spiritual Growth (77)
- Spiritual Hunger (55)
- Spiritual Leadership (28)
- Spiritual Maturity (34)
- Spiritual Nurture (30)
- Spiritual Practices (21)
- Spiritual Thirst (35)
- Spiritual Transformation (40)
- Spiritual Warfare (26)
- Sports (61)
- Stars (37)
- Status Quo (26)
- Staying Humble (24)
- Steadfast Love (54)
- Stewardship (122)
- Stillness (21)
- Stories (81)
- Storms (64)
- Storytelling (38)
- Strength (118)
- Stress (59)
- Struggles (37)
- Struggles with Prayer (21)
- Submission (27)
- Success (110)
- Suffering (186)
- Surgery (22)
- Surrender (71)
- Sustainer (27)
- Sweetness (34)
- The Sacraments (71)
- The Saints (54)
- The Second Coming Of Christ (29)
- The Soul (95)
- The Spiritual Life (33)
T
- Talking (21)
- Teaching (24)
- Teamwork (24)
- Tears (23)
- Technology (85)
- Telling the Truth (27)
- Temptation (119)
- Ten Commandments (24)
- Thankfulness (45)
- Thanksgiving (General) (150)
- Thanksgiving (Holiday) (35)
- The Temple (41)
- The Transfiguration (23)
- The Trinity (138)
- The Twelve Disciples (54)
- Theology (31)
- Third Third of Life (33)
- Thirst (22)
- Thought (32)
- Thoughts (45)
- Time (90)
- Tired (25)
- Tongue (34)
- Tradition (26)
- Tragedy (24)
- Training (37)
- Transcendence (21)
- Transformation (141)
- Transgressions (26)
- Trauma (21)
- Travel (25)
- Treasure (65)
- Trees (39)
- Trials (53)
- Trinity Sunday (28)
- Trouble (79)
- True Self (21)
- True Worship (29)
- Trust (181)
- Trust in God (80)
- Trust in Jesus (26)
- Truth (175)
V
W
- The Weak (32)
- The Wicked (22)
- The Wild (26)
- The Will (23)
- The Work of the Holy Spirit (47)
- Waiting (128)
- Waiting on God (56)
- Wandering (32)
- War (89)
- Water (39)
- Waters (25)
- Ways (33)
- Weakness (119)
- Wealth (99)
- Weariness (34)
- Weddings (33)
- Weeping (24)
- Western Culture (55)
- Wholeness (24)
- Wickedness (36)
- Wilderness (84)
- Wisdom (196)
- Wisdom of God (36)
- Witnesses (50)
- Wonder (61)
- Word of God (30)
- Words (85)
- Words vs. Actions (23)
- Work (163)
- Work and Rest (30)
- Work-Life Balance (30)
- Works-Righteousness (22)
- World (139)
- World Leaders (30)
- World Peace (33)
- Worldly Power (41)
- Worldview (41)
- Worry (55)
- Worship (206)
- Wounds (47)
Search by Reference
Genesis
- Gen 1 (212)
- Gen 2 (130)
- Gen 3 (84)
- Gen 4 (30)
- Gen 5 (2)
- Gen 6 (8)
- Gen 7 (1)
- Gen 8 (17)
- Gen 9 (12)
- Gen 11 (34)
- Gen 12 (62)
- Gen 13 (9)
- Gen 14 (4)
- Gen 15 (20)
- Gen 16 (12)
- Gen 17 (12)
- Gen 18 (23)
- Gen 19 (2)
- Gen 21 (7)
- Gen 22 (36)
- Gen 23 (1)
- Gen 24 (2)
- Gen 25 (5)
- Gen 26 (2)
- Gen 27 (12)
- Gen 28 (16)
- Gen 29 (7)
- Gen 32 (20)
- Gen 33 (4)
- Gen 35 (2)
- Gen 36 (1)
- Gen 37 (24)
- Gen 38 (1)
- Gen 39 (12)
- Gen 41 (7)
- Gen 42 (2)
- Gen 44 (1)
- Gen 45 (15)
- Gen 47 (1)
- Gen 49 (2)
- Gen 50 (46)
Exodus
- Exod 1 (16)
- Exod 2 (13)
- Exod 3 (121)
- Exod 4 (23)
- Exod 5 (7)
- Exod 6 (5)
- Exod 7 (3)
- Exod 8 (3)
- Exod 9 (1)
- Exod 10 (3)
- Exod 12 (25)
- Exod 13 (22)
- Exod 14 (58)
- Exod 15 (17)
- Exod 16 (55)
- Exod 17 (23)
- Exod 18 (18)
- Exod 19 (17)
- Exod 20 (78)
- Exod 21 (2)
- Exod 22 (6)
- Exod 23 (9)
- Exod 24 (14)
- Exod 25 (5)
- Exod 26 (1)
- Exod 27 (1)
- Exod 28 (2)
- Exod 29 (4)
- Exod 30 (5)
- Exod 31 (14)
- Exod 32 (58)
- Exod 33 (35)
- Exod 34 (44)
- Exod 35 (9)
- Exod 40 (6)
- Exod 58 (1)
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Nehemiah
Job
- Job 1 (37)
- Job 2 (16)
- Job 3 (14)
- Job 4 (2)
- Job 5 (3)
- Job 6 (3)
- Job 7 (6)
- Job 8 (1)
- Job 10 (3)
- Job 11 (7)
- Job 12 (17)
- Job 13 (5)
- Job 14 (8)
- Job 15 (1)
- Job 19 (11)
- Job 23 (16)
- Job 24 (1)
- Job 26 (1)
- Job 27 (2)
- Job 28 (2)
- Job 30 (2)
- Job 31 (2)
- Job 33 (3)
- Job 34 (1)
- Job 36 (1)
- Job 37 (2)
- Job 38 (37)
- Job 39 (1)
- Job 40 (1)
- Job 42 (19)
Psalm
- Ps 1 (78)
- Ps 2 (20)
- Ps 3 (4)
- Ps 4 (14)
- Ps 5 (12)
- Ps 6 (7)
- Ps 7 (3)
- Ps 8 (57)
- Ps 9 (16)
- Ps 10 (12)
- Ps 11 (4)
- Ps 12 (5)
- Ps 13 (9)
- Ps 14 (13)
- Ps 15 (17)
- Ps 16 (53)
- Ps 17 (6)
- Ps 18 (22)
- Ps 19 (99)
- Ps 20 (8)
- Ps 22 (53)
- Ps 23 (158)
- Ps 24 (35)
- Ps 25 (49)
- Ps 27 (106)
- Ps 28 (8)
- Ps 29 (14)
- Ps 30 (36)
- Ps 31 (12)
- Ps 32 (62)
- Ps 33 (32)
- Ps 34 (205)
- Ps 35 (1)
- Ps 36 (19)
- Ps 37 (85)
- Ps 38 (8)
- Ps 39 (9)
- Ps 40 (19)
- Ps 41 (6)
- Ps 42 (82)
- Ps 43 (3)
- Ps 44 (3)
- Ps 45 (3)
- Ps 46 (134)
- Ps 47 (9)
- Ps 48 (4)
- Ps 49 (8)
- Ps 50 (8)
- Ps 51 (224)
- Ps 52 (3)
- Ps 53 (3)
- Ps 54 (3)
- Ps 55 (19)
- Ps 56 (12)
- Ps 57 (9)
- Ps 60 (1)
- Ps 61 (6)
- Ps 62 (26)
- Ps 63 (37)
- Ps 64 (2)
- Ps 65 (11)
- Ps 66 (13)
- Ps 67 (5)
- Ps 68 (11)
- Ps 69 (5)
- Ps 70 (4)
- Ps 71 (10)
- Ps 72 (24)
- Ps 73 (35)
- Ps 74 (5)
- Ps 75 (1)
- Ps 76 (2)
- Ps 77 (15)
- Ps 78 (21)
- Ps 79 (1)
- Ps 80 (6)
- Ps 82 (40)
- Ps 84 (13)
- Ps 85 (19)
- Ps 86 (21)
- Ps 87 (1)
- Ps 88 (6)
- Ps 89 (10)
- Ps 90 (63)
- Ps 91 (36)
- Ps 92 (13)
- Ps 93 (4)
- Ps 94 (9)
- Ps 95 (27)
- Ps 96 (35)
- Ps 97 (1)
- Ps 98 (15)
- Ps 99 (3)
- Ps 100 (36)
- Ps 101 (2)
- Ps 102 (2)
- Ps 103 (147)
- Ps 104 (46)
- Ps 105 (5)
- Ps 106 (8)
- Ps 107 (20)
- Ps 109 (1)
- Ps 110 (10)
- Ps 111 (13)
- Ps 112 (10)
- Ps 113 (9)
- Ps 115 (14)
- Ps 116 (24)
- Ps 117 (5)
- Ps 118 (53)
- Ps 119 (182)
- Ps 121 (54)
- Ps 122 (8)
- Ps 123 (3)
- Ps 124 (12)
- Ps 125 (1)
- Ps 126 (18)
- Ps 127 (43)
- Ps 128 (10)
- Ps 130 (52)
- Ps 131 (9)
- Ps 132 (4)
- Ps 133 (49)
- Ps 135 (4)
- Ps 136 (31)
- Ps 137 (4)
- Ps 138 (8)
- Ps 139 (164)
- Ps 140 (1)
- Ps 141 (9)
- Ps 142 (3)
- Ps 143 (6)
- Ps 144 (6)
- Ps 145 (52)
- Ps 146 (34)
- Ps 147 (66)
- Ps 148 (13)
- Ps 149 (1)
- Ps 150 (15)
Proverbs
- Prov 1 (19)
- Prov 2 (15)
- Prov 3 (200)
- Prov 4 (46)
- Prov 5 (8)
- Prov 6 (13)
- Prov 7 (2)
- Prov 8 (12)
- Prov 9 (7)
- Prov 10 (13)
- Prov 11 (43)
- Prov 12 (27)
- Prov 13 (10)
- Prov 14 (46)
- Prov 15 (56)
- Prov 16 (75)
- Prov 17 (42)
- Prov 18 (55)
- Prov 19 (49)
- Prov 20 (16)
- Prov 21 (30)
- Prov 22 (55)
- Prov 23 (15)
- Prov 24 (20)
- Prov 25 (20)
- Prov 26 (14)
- Prov 27 (37)
- Prov 28 (27)
- Prov 29 (25)
- Prov 30 (6)
- Prov 31 (52)
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
- Isa 1 (130)
- Isa 2 (19)
- Isa 4 (4)
- Isa 5 (25)
- Isa 6 (111)
- Isa 7 (46)
- Isa 8 (3)
- Isa 9 (123)
- Isa 11 (25)
- Isa 12 (9)
- Isa 14 (5)
- Isa 15 (2)
- Isa 16 (1)
- Isa 21 (1)
- Isa 23 (2)
- Isa 24 (1)
- Isa 25 (29)
- Isa 26 (43)
- Isa 27 (2)
- Isa 28 (9)
- Isa 29 (18)
- Isa 30 (68)
- Isa 31 (2)
- Isa 32 (5)
- Isa 33 (10)
- Isa 34 (1)
- Isa 35 (10)
- Isa 37 (1)
- Isa 38 (2)
- Isa 40 (224)
- Isa 41 (104)
- Isa 42 (44)
- Isa 43 (116)
- Isa 44 (13)
- Isa 45 (21)
- Isa 46 (6)
- Isa 47 (2)
- Isa 48 (11)
- Isa 49 (36)
- Isa 50 (16)
- Isa 51 (6)
- Isa 52 (18)
- Isa 53 (190)
- Isa 54 (15)
- Isa 55 (212)
- Isa 56 (11)
- Isa 57 (26)
- Isa 58 (92)
- Isa 59 (14)
- Isa 60 (55)
- Isa 61 (99)
- Isa 62 (7)
- Isa 63 (3)
- Isa 64 (37)
- Isa 65 (18)
- Isa 66 (22)
- Isa 70 (1)
- Isa 85 (1)
- Isa 2021 (1)
Jeremiah
- Jer 1 (31)
- Jer 2 (20)
- Jer 3 (3)
- Jer 4 (1)
- Jer 5 (4)
- Jer 6 (10)
- Jer 7 (6)
- Jer 8 (2)
- Jer 9 (22)
- Jer 10 (9)
- Jer 11 (2)
- Jer 12 (4)
- Jer 14 (1)
- Jer 15 (4)
- Jer 16 (4)
- Jer 17 (90)
- Jer 18 (5)
- Jer 19 (1)
- Jer 20 (8)
- Jer 22 (14)
- Jer 23 (22)
- Jer 29 (94)
- Jer 30 (12)
- Jer 31 (60)
- Jer 32 (9)
- Jer 33 (11)
- Jer 35 (1)
- Jer 36 (1)
- Jer 50 (1)
- Jer 51 (1)
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Obadiah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Haggai
Zechariah
Matthew
- Matt 1 (79)
- Matt 2 (102)
- Matt 3 (52)
- Matt 4 (134)
- Matt 5 (405)
- Matt 6 (336)
- Matt 7 (148)
- Matt 8 (43)
- Matt 9 (56)
- Matt 10 (61)
- Matt 11 (158)
- Matt 12 (40)
- Matt 13 (99)
- Matt 14 (67)
- Matt 15 (30)
- Matt 16 (99)
- Matt 17 (52)
- Matt 18 (125)
- Matt 19 (59)
- Matt 20 (48)
- Matt 21 (68)
- Matt 22 (94)
- Matt 23 (98)
- Matt 24 (40)
- Matt 25 (195)
- Matt 26 (69)
- Matt 27 (37)
- Matt 28 (166)
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
- Acts 1 (84)
- Acts 2 (160)
- Acts 3 (31)
- Acts 4 (63)
- Acts 5 (29)
- Acts 6 (7)
- Acts 7 (17)
- Acts 8 (35)
- Acts 9 (90)
- Acts 10 (33)
- Acts 11 (13)
- Acts 12 (11)
- Acts 13 (20)
- Acts 14 (13)
- Acts 15 (14)
- Acts 16 (46)
- Acts 17 (69)
- Acts 18 (10)
- Acts 19 (4)
- Acts 20 (52)
- Acts 21 (1)
- Acts 22 (2)
- Acts 24 (8)
- Acts 25 (1)
- Acts 26 (4)
- Acts 27 (5)
- Acts 28 (9)