Category: Backgrounder

Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” Matthew 16:24 JOURNEY

The Wisdom of the Cross 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 For the word of the Cross is foolishness to those who are on the way to destruction,

JOHN 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that

REVELATION 22 REVELATION 22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and

Genesis 3 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me,

A tree planted by water “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners

GENESIS 2:9,15-179 Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the

And God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to

Matthew 2:1-12 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

Luke 2:22-40 When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him