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The Comfort Promised
How Isaiah 40 Anticipates the Love of John 3:16 Isaiah 40:1 (KJV) Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. There is something tender in these words: like the voice of a father kneeling beside a frightened child. Itâs the voice of God, breaking through the thunderclouds of judgment with a message of compassion. Isaiah 40 opens what many scholars call the âBook of Comfort,â and it is here that the heartbeat of the Gospel quickens. The first line…
Peter: The Rock Who Was Restored
We know him as Peter, but he began as Simon. He was a fisherman working the waters of Galilee. He had a withered face from too many days in the sun and sea. Calluses covered his hands. He was too often too quick with his tongue; however, he had a big heart. One day, he had an encounter with Jesus and his life was never the same. When Jesus called him, He didnât just invite Simon into a new life;…
