Through the Bible for Skeptics and Seekers

Acts 1 - Are You Willing to Wait on God? The doctor Luke continues his narrative to Theophilos. He focused on Jesus in The Gospel of Luke. Now he focuses on the spread of the message of Jesus through His disciples from Jerusalem to Judea to Samaria and to the ends of the earth! After 40 days of teaching them after the resurrection of the dead, Jesus ascends to the right hand of the Father where He...

The BLESS Challenge includes connecting with God through the Book of Acts and looking for ways to love, serve, and BLESS others.1. Read through ActsPray: “God, show me what you have for me today.”Read the chapter. Listen to the Spirit of God as you read. You may have thoughts that are from him on ways to apply what you are reading or questions to dive into more. Watch the video devotional from the...

John 21 - Do You Love Me? Jesus appears at the Sea of Galilee while the disciples are fishing. He calls out telling them to put their nets in again. They had not caught anything all night so they were resistant to the idea. They did it anyway, and they caught 153 fish! Jesus reinstates Peter into leadership giving him the opportunity to affirm his love three times just as he had denied Jesus three...

John 20 - Do You Believe (Even If You’ve Never Seen Him?) Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb early in the morning and notices that the stone has been rolled away. She runs to let the disciples know. Peter and John race to the tomb and find it empty. There is no body, and they believe. Mary sees two angels and talks with Jesus, but she doesn't recognize him until he calls her by name. She is sent...

John 19 -Do You Know How Much God Loves You? Jesus endures a mockery of a trial and is sentenced to death by crucifixion. The Roman soldiers beat him and mock him by putting on him a purple robe, a crown of thorns, and a sign on the cross that says: “King of the Jews.”The soldiers nail Jesus to the cross. His cross is between two thieves. Eventually, Jesus cries out “It is finished” loud enough fo...

John 18 - What is Truth? After Jesus spends time praying with the disciples, it is in the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas brings the authorities to arrest Jesus. Peter attacks one of the guards and cuts off his ear (perhaps while attempting to cut off his head). Jesus heals the man. Later Peter denies he even knows Jesus. Jesus acknowledges his Kingdom is from another place and all with him follo...

John 17 - Are You Living Unified? Of all the things that Jesus could pray for his disciples before his departure, he prays for unity. He doesn’t pray for power, or for protection. Jesus says that our unity is proof to the world that Jesus came from God. He prayed for those already following him, and all those who would follow him in the future – that’s you and me! #newtestament #faith #jesus #sta...

John 16 - Do You Want to Overcome the World? Jesus’ death and resurrection defeats “the prince of this world.” As he leaves, the Spirit will come and guide the disciples into truth. Jesus encourages them with the following: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” #newtestament #jesus #faith #s...

John 15 - Do You Bear Fruit? Jesus refers to himself as the vine and that we are the branches who can be pruned by the Father so that we might bear fruit. Bearing fruit in the Scriptures means being transformed and bringing transformation to others. Jesus promises that if we remain in him, stay rooted in him, we will bear fruit just as naturally as a branch would bear fruit. He reminds us that apa...

John 14 - Do You Know the Way, the Truth, and the Life? Jesus tells his disciples he is going to prepare a place for them because his Father's house has many rooms. Confused, they ask where he is going because they want to follow him. Then Jesus says: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Truth is a person, and His name is Jesus. J...

John 13 - Are You Willing to Love Others? Jesus says that others will know his disciples by the way they love each other. He says this in the same chapter he tells Judas he knows he will betray him. Jesus tells Peter that he knows that he will deny him. Jesus demonstrates the servant hearted love he’s calling us to demonstrate by washing his disciples feet.#newtestament #faith #jesus #spirituality...

John 12 - Are You Willing to Die to Self? Jesus points out a spiritual principle we intrinsically know. We cannot become the hero we were created to be unless we are willing to sacrifice for the good of others. Like a seed that is buried only to grow a new plant, Jesus says he will be buried but rise with new life. Before this Jesus is anointed for burial and rides into Jerusalem on a donkey with...

John 11 - Do You Believe This? Jesus hears that his good friend Lazarus is sick. Rather than go to him to heal him, Jesus waits. Jesus says to Martha: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” Jesus weeps with those who are weeping before he goes to the tomb and calls L...

John 10 - Do You Hear His Voice? Jesus compares himself to a gate through which sheep can enter a pasture where they are safe and protected. He then compares himself to a shepherd and people to sheep and shared how his sheep can hear his voice. Finally, he says he is one with the Father leading some to try to stone him to death and others to believe in him. #newtestament #faith #jesus #faith #post...

John 9 – Do You Want to See? In Jesus’ day people believed that someone who was born with disabilities must have sinned or his or her parents sinned. Jesus dispels that notion saying that the man was not blind due to sin but that through his life he might glorify God. The religious leaders try to get the healed man and his parents in trouble, but the healed man says: “I don’t know who healed me. A...

John 8 - Do You Know the Truth? To the sinful (those who don’t think they are worthy of God’s love) Jesus begins with grace and then once the person knows they are loved, seen, and heard then he points towards the truth as we see with the woman caught in the act of adultery. For those who don’t think of themselves as sinners, Jesus begins with the truth before he gets to the grace as he does this...

John 7 - Who Do You Believe Jesus Is? The religious leaders want to kill Jesus. His brothers don’t believe. Some think he’s a good man. Some think he’s deceiving the people. After Jesus begins teaching, the people are amazed at what he had to say. Some think he is the Prophet. Some think he is the Messiah. Some want to arrest him and kill him .The people are divided on who they think Jesus is. #ne...

John 6 - Do You Want the Bread of Life? Jesus feeds over 5000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish and there were 12 baskets leftover. The crowd wants to make him king by force so Jesus withdraws to a mountain. That night Jesus walks on water and catches up to the other disciples! So many people there had their own agenda for Jesus. Jesus then says things like “unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Ma...

John 5 - Do You Want to Get Well? Jesus goes to the pool of Bethesda which the people thought had healing powers. Jesus sees a man who had never been able to walk and asks him: “Do you want to get well?”The man makes excuses and blames others including Jesus after he was healed. The religious leaders are more concerned that he is carrying his mat on the Sabbath than amazed that he can walk! Someti...

John 4 - Do You Want the Living Water? Just after promising that anyone who believes will receive eternal life, Jesus goes to a region considered beyond redemption by the most religious Jews. He goes into Samaria and Jesus stops at a well. While the disciples are getting some food, he has a conversation with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well and offers her “the living water.” Through word-of-mou...

John 3 - Do You Believe? In the dark, Nicodemus comes to talk to Jesus. As a member of the ruling council he has a great deal to lose if he’s seen with Jesus, but he has to talk to him because of the miracles. Jesus tells him to experience the Kingdom of God requires being “born again.” The problem is that people choose darkness over the light. Too often, we choose to hold on to our power and our...

John 2 - Have You Experienced the Quality of Life Jesus Brings? A wedding celebration runs out of wine, and Mary asks Jesus to get involved. He turns the water into the most delicious wine. The first sign shows Jesus brings quality to life. Jesus goes to the Temple courts and clears out the corrupt money changers who create barriers for people to experience God. #newtestament #Jesus #faith #spirit...

John 1 - Do You Have an Open Mind?“In the beginning was the Word….”John declares that Jesus was there at creation and was God with us. Some began to follow Jesus includingNathaniel who Jesus knew had been praying under a fig tree before they ever met in person.#newtestament #Jesus #faith #spirituality #starthere #christianity #christian #deconstructing #reconstructingfaith

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Luke 24 - Do You Have Doubts Jesus Is Alive? If people who saw Jesus alive, after his crucifixion struggled with doubts, there’s no need to worry when we have doubts! There is a great deal of proof concerning the resurrection of Jesus. Even still, with all the evidence out there, following Jesus still requires a step of faith! All relationships require a step of faith. For me, the greatest evidenc...