Bible Insights with Wayne Conrad

Send us Fan Mail Jesus  gathered with his Twelve disciple on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread for the Passover Meal as commanded by God through Moses. It commemorated by means of a ordered ritual meal the deliverance of the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt by means of the blood of a sacrificial lamb whose blood was applied to their dwellings. When the death angel went through the land i...

Send us Fan Mail On Tuesday of the week of Jesus' crucifixion he was asked a number of questions by the religious authorities and parties. Their purpose was to drive a wedge between the people and Jesus.  Luke tells us "he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,   but they did not find anything t...

Send us Fan Mail On Tuesday of the week when Jesus was executed, his religious political enemies sought to entrap him by various trick questions. The first one was the political question on the payment of taxes. It is a theological-political question that relates to life in the society and to life as a  Christian. If he had said, "Pay the taxes," the Jewish people who resented Rome would...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus on the way to his execution heard many voices. Voices of sorrow and lament. Voices of mockery and lies. Voices raised in curse and abuse. But Jesus also spoke. On the way he stopped to give a prophecy. From the cross he uttered prayer words and words of acceptance and assurance of eternal life to the repentant thief who believed in him.  This is a reading from the passion na...

Send us Fan Mail So often we do not take the time to read the detailed accounts of the sufferings, trials and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ. All four gospel writers- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have left their written account to his death, burial and resurrection. This is Mark's account which relies on the Apostle Peter plus his own personal knowledge. In these words the Holy...

Send us Fan Mail It is Tuesday of the week in which Jesus will be crucified. After his joyous crowd reception and proclamation that he was Messiah, the Son of David, he had returned to the temple on Monday and cleared it of merchants. He had brought the temple to a temporary halt and chaos to call the Temple back to its true purpose. Now he has returned. The crowds of people with him and he teache...

Send us Fan Mail After Jesus' celebrative  ride of kingship into Jerusalem with the throngs of people he went into temple. He looked all round, observing the people and actions. Mark 11 relates that that on Sunday Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. But the next morning, the second d...

Send us Fan Mail We usually began our consideration of Jesus' death by his riding into Jerusalem on a donkey when a large crowd welcomed him with acclamations of praise, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" However, there is a story before the story that set everything into play. Jesus arrived with his Twelve disciples 6 days before Passover to the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary. Only 2...

Send us Fan Mail We often hear people talk about the signs of the times or the signs of the end time. They speak about the natural disasters and the raging wars around the world especially in Europe and the Middle East, new diseases, etc. Now some of these things are mentioned in Mark 13 and Luke 21 plus Matthew 24-25 but according to Jesus' words recorded for us in these chapters we are ofte...

Send us Fan Mail This message considers Jesus' saying: "Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him .   Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours ." Mark 11:23-24. We...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus uses an exaggerated illustration of mountain moving faith on several occasions to show the power of prayer offered in faith to God in his name, on his authority for the accomplishing of God's will and his glory. Matthew uses the statement twice, first in Matthew 17 when Jesus healed the boy of a deaf and mute spirit and later when he  came into Jerusalem in Matthew 21....

Send us Fan Mail A look at Jesus statement in Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. Applying the skill of reading the sentence in its context to determine Jesus main point in using this hyperbole.  Follow along with your Bible. The whole context is verses 1-10. C...

Send us Fan Mail Paul exhorts that believers and especially teachers must handle God's written revelation with care. 2 Timothy 2:15    Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. Many times people uses verses from the Bible wrongly. This can result in people thinking a teaching is biblical when it fact it...

Send us Fan Mail One of the most touching stories in the gospel narratives is the one that focuses in a blind beggar, Son of Timaeus (Bartimaeus). He heard that Jesus of Nazareth was passing his way. Although the crowd was loud and thick he cried out, Jesus, Son of David have mercy on me!  Rebuked by the crowd and sternly told to be quite he cried out even louder. Jesus, Son of David have mercy on...

Send us Fan Mail God and clouds are often associated in the Scripture.  Sing to God! Sing praises to His name.  Exalt Him who rides on the clouds —  His name is Yahweh—and rejoice before Him . HCSB Psalm 68:4 There is a special cloud that we read about in the Old Testament and later we encounter it in the New Testament. In short,  this cloud both hides God's full glory while at the same time...

Send us Fan Mail The Bible witness is that Jesus the Son of Mary is the unique Son of God. This is basic Christian belief. But when did Jesus consciously know his unique identity as the Son of God, the Messiah? There are two events in his life that helps us answer this question and what it means for our salvation. The first event is when he was 12 years old talking in the temple to the religious l...

Send us Fan Mail There are a number of incidents recording in the gospel narratives of Jesus casting out demons. He delivered people from demon activity in their lives that held them in some sort of captivity.  Mark 9 records such an incident right after Jesus had been glorified on the mountain in view of three of his chosen disciples. When they descend the mountain and came to the 9 other discipl...

Send us Fan Mail Peter, James, and John were the three disciples whom Jesus chose to accompany him at decisive points in his ministry and this day was one of those special and unique times. Jesus had them come with him up on the mountain to pray. Suddenly Jesus' appearance changed and he became brighter than the noonday sun.  If this were not astonishing enough, two of the most prominent figu...

Send us Fan Mail The journey of the Hebrews from the edge of Egypt before the Red Sea all the way to Canaan land was marked by God's cloud. The LORD himself was in the cloud and it gave them protection and guidance.  Exodus 13:21 The Lord was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by da...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus issues the call for true discipleship in startling terms! Taking up the cross is a call to utter loyalty to him even to the point of death.  Only the grace and strength the Spirit supplies in the time of need can give us confident hope in being such a disciple. Deny yourself is not about being less selfish or looking out for others or making time for God and Jesus. It has no...

Send us Fan Mail There have always been various opinions about Jesus of Nazareth. This was true in his own time and it is true today. On one occasion he asked his disciple Who do people say I am. The general opinion then was you are a prophet in not more. But Jesus directly asked them- Who do you say I, the Son of Man am? Then Peter makes the great confession that Jesus told was revealed to him by...

Send us Fan Mail There are at least two occasions when Jesus elicited a confession of who he was from his Twelve disciples. All thee of the synoptic gospel record the conversion at Caesarea Philippi. After their report of the popular opinion of him Jesus asked them, "Who do you say I am?" Their reply voiced by Peter was, "You are the Christ (Messiah)." What exactly are his disc...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that Jesus the Messiah, Jesus Christ received three baptisms during his life and ministry? He began his ministry as the Promised One who would redeem his people and bring in the Kingdom of by being dipped in the Jordan River by John his forerunner. John cam preaching a baptism of repentance. Jesus asked John to baptize him. John did not think he should because he knew...

Send us Fan Mail What is the devil doing in the story of Messiah Jesus birth? Actually Satan has a lot to with the coming of Jesus the Christ, the Word incarnate. This message looks at the reasons from God's Word and relates the activity of both God and the devil in the coming of Jesus into the world and in his continued ministry. Bible Insights with  Wayne Conrad Contact: 8441 Hunnicut Rd Da...

Send us Fan Mail on the 8th day after his birth Jesus under went two highly significant events, his receiving the covenant sign of circumcision and the bestowal of his personal name. Names in the Hebrew and other Semitic cultural are not mere labels but often carry profound meanings.  The name Jesus was given to him from heaven by the angel Gabriel to his chosen mother Mary before she became pregn...