ESV And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place ofDavid my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.  1 Kings 3:7 In the 17th century, people began calling the third molars “the teeth of wisdom.” Eventually, the […]

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.  Romans 6:11 Paul is inviting us to see ourselves differently—through God’s eyes. In Christ, our old, sinful nature has died. That’s not just a behavior change—it’s a change in identity. We no longer belong to sin; we belong entirely […]

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?  Romans 7:24 There’s such raw honesty in Paul’s words here. He isn’t trying to sound strong or spiritual—he’s simply being real. He feels the tug-of-war inside himself, the pull between wanting to do what’s right and falling short again and again. […]