Joe Barnett

Because I live, you also will live.                      —John 14:19 Jesus’ victory over death was “Game won.” Death tried to stop him but couldn’t. “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades (the power of death) will not be able to defeat it” (Mt […]

He can’t save himself.   —Matthew 27:42 “The chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. ‘He saved others,’ they said, ‘but he can’t save himself . . .  Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him’” (Mt 27:41–42). “He saved others, but he can’t

Come down from the cross.           —Matthew 27:40 “Those who passed by hurled insults at [Jesus], shaking their heads and saying, ‘You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!’” (Mt. 27:39–40).

Christ died for the ungodly.             —Romans 5:6 The criminal on his right turned his bruised and bloody face toward Jesus and asked, “Are you doing this for me?” “Yes. And for that soldier with the club hanging from his belt—the club he will use at sundown to break your

People with quick tempers cause trouble.                               —Proverbs 15:18 A trigger temper is a sign of immaturity. Childish people are easily provoked. “Anger is a bad counselor,” runs a French proverb. A Korean proverb has it this way: “If you kick

The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.           —Romans 6:23 I Believe Eternal Life is Real I believe that Jesus is the resurrection and the life and that those who believe in him will live again, even though they die (Jn 11:25). In Daniel Silva’s

[God] gives everyone life and breath.                          —Acts 17:25 I Believe Life is a Gift I believe that life is a gift from God and that there is a God-designed reason I was born. “In him we live and move and have our being”

[God] works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.                     —Ephesians 1:11 I Believe God is Sovereign I believe God is all-powerful. “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” (Prv 19:21). I believe that

In your heart revere Christ as Lord.                           —1 Peter 3:15 I Believe Jesus is Lord I believe that Jesus was with God in the beginning and that he gave up his place in heaven and came to earth in human form, conceived

Live by the Spirit.   —Galatians 5:16 You make resolutions: you resolve to stop doing something you’re doing or to start doing something you’re not doing. You want to be better and do better. How do you pull that off? Paul answered with fifteen words: “Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the