Not a Spirit of Fear (10/2/2022)
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). In scripture, the word...
Joe Norton
- Sep 25
- 1 min
Open My Eyes (9/25/2022)
“Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law” (Psalm 119:18). No one section of scripture—be it Old or New...
Joe Norton
- Sep 11
- 1 min
Get Away from Here (9/11/2022)
“Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan” (1 Kings 17:3). Elijah has just...
Joe Norton
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Personal Responsibility (9/4/2022)
“The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness...
Joe Norton
- Aug 28
- 1 min
Mind the Gap (8/28/2022)
“So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land that I should not destroy...
Joe Norton
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Teaching on Baptism (8/14/2022)
“Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, ‘See, here is water. What hinders me from being...
Joe Norton
- Aug 7
- 1 min
Confession of Sins (8/7/2022)
“Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you” (Acts 8:22). Simon, ...
Joe Norton
- Jul 31
- 1 min
The Good Confession (7/31/2022)
“For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:10) Scriptures ...
Joe Norton
- Jul 24
- 1 min
Stones and Priests (7/24/2022)
Fifth and final in a series of studies in 1 Peter 2:1-5 “You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy ...
Joe Norton
- Jul 17
- 1 min
A Living Stone (7/17/2022)
Fourth in a series of studies in 1 Peter 2:1-5 “Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and...
Joe Norton
- Jul 10
- 1 min
The Lord Is Gracious (7/10/2022)
Third in a series of studies in 1 Peter 2:1-5 “If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious” (1 Peter 2:3). Having just...
Joe Norton
- Jul 4
- 1 min
The Growth Process (7/3/2022)
Second in a series of studies in 1 Peter 2:1-5 “as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby” (1 Peter...
Joe Norton
- Jun 26
- 1 min
Laying Aside These Evils (6/26/2022)
First in a series of studies of 1 Peter 2:1-5 “Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking” (1...
Joe Norton
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Our Father in Heaven (6/19/2022)
“Jesus said to her, ‘Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, “I am...
Joe Norton
- Jun 12
- 1 min
The Joy of Having an Advocate (6/12/2022)
“My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father,...
Joe Norton
- Jun 5
- 1 min
Three Promises (6/5/2022)
“He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name...
Joe Norton
- May 29
- 1 min
Our Eternal Inheritance (5/29/2022)
NOTE: 1 Peter 1.3 is printed to provide an introduction to the thought in verse 4. “Bless be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus...
Joe Norton
- May 22
- 1 min
On God’s Matchless Power (5/22/2022)
“Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand”...
Joe Norton
- May 15
- 1 min
Jesus Our Shepherd (5/15/2022)
“For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls ” (1 Peter 2:25). In writing to...
Joe Norton
- May 8
- 1 min
A Good Mother (5/8/2022)
“when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am...