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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 25, 20221 min read


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 11, 20221 min read


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
Sep 4, 20221 min read


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 28, 20221 min read


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 14, 20221 min read


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
Aug 7, 20221 min read


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 31, 20221 min read


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 24, 20221 min read


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 17, 20221 min read


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 10, 20221 min read


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
Jul 4, 20221 min read


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 26, 20221 min read


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 19, 20221 min read


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 12, 20221 min read


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
Jun 5, 20221 min read


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 29, 20221 min read


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 22, 20221 min read


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 15, 20221 min read


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...
Joe Norton
May 8, 20221 min read


On Being Holy (5/1/2022)
“but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy’ ” (1 Peter...
Joe Norton
May 1, 20221 min read
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