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Joe Norton
May 9, 20201 min read
The Promise (5/10/2020)
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23). Looking at this verse...


Joe Norton
May 3, 20201 min read
Reciprocal Love (5/3/2020)
“And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him” (1 ...


Joe Norton
Apr 26, 20201 min read
Highway of Holiness (4/26/2020)
“A highway shall be there, and a road, And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it. But it shall...


Joe Norton
Apr 19, 20201 min read
Scriptural Distancing (4/19/2020)
Turn away from it and pass on” (Proverbs 4:14-15). Whereas a few months ago most had never heard the term Social Distancing, it has...


Joe Norton
Apr 12, 20201 min read
Refuge from the Storm (4/12/2020)
“For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm A shade from the heat; For...


Joe Norton
Apr 5, 20201 min read
Death or Life? (4/5/2020)
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 18:21). Mastering the use of our...


Joe Norton
Mar 29, 20201 min read
Only Good Words (3/29/2020)
“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may import grace to the hearers”...


Joe Norton
Mar 22, 20201 min read
Watch Out for Pressure (3/22/2020)
“In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you” (1...


Joe Norton
Mar 15, 20201 min read
Do Not Lie (3/15/2020)
“Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds” (Colossians 3:9). Living in a world that has made truth...


Joe Norton
Mar 8, 20201 min read
Moral Purity (3/8/2020)
“Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell” (1 Corinthians 10:8). The Apostle...


Joe Norton
Mar 1, 20201 min read
Anarchy Condemned (3/1/2020)
“In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). These were dark days in Israel...


Joe Norton
Feb 22, 20201 min read
Worship (2/23/2020)
“God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:24). The occasion when Jesus is speaking with the...

Joe Norton
Feb 15, 20201 min read
Living the Life (2/16/2020)
"and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:24). As Paul...


Joe Norton
Feb 9, 20201 min read
The Good Confession (2/9/2020)
"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the...


Joe Norton
Feb 2, 20201 min read
Faith Defined (2/2/2020)
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11.1). As Paul writes to his own people, he...


Joe Norton
Jan 26, 20201 min read
The Resurrection (1/26/2020)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope...


Joe Norton
Jan 19, 20201 min read
Authority (1/19/2020)
"And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth’ ” (Matthew 28:18). For any ...


Joe Norton
Jan 12, 20201 min read
God Is (1/12/2020)
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His...


Joe Norton
Jan 5, 20201 min read
Keep Precepts Diligently (1/5/2020)
“You have commanded us To keep your precepts diligently” (Psalm 119:4). As the psalmist gets into his praise of God’s word and his...


Joe Norton
Dec 28, 20191 min read
For or Against (12/29/2019)
“He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad” (Matthew 12:30). By this point in His...
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