First Things First (9/27/2020)
“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers?” (3 John 2). John rather sets up a...
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Joe Norton
- Sep 20, 2020
- 1 min
Observations Can Mislead (9/20/2020)
“Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped For I...
Joe Norton
- Sep 12, 2020
- 1 min
Who Is A God Like You? (9/13/2020)
“Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? Because He delights in...
Joe Norton
- Sep 6, 2020
- 1 min
Open Ears to Hear (9/6/2020)
Third of a three-part study on Mark 4:21-23 “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear’ ” (Mark 4:23). While this verse clearly goes back...
Joe Norton
- Aug 30, 2020
- 1 min
Message Revealed (8/30/2020)
Second of a three-part study on Mark 4:21-23 “For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret...
Joe Norton
- Aug 23, 2020
- 1 min
Message on a Lampstand (8/23/2020)
First of a three-part study on Mark 4:21-23 “Also He said to them, ‘Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not...
Joe Norton
- Aug 17, 2020
- 1 min
Love One Another (8/16/2020)
“Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another with a...
Joe Norton
- Aug 9, 2020
- 1 min
Growth (8/9/2020)
“Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the...
Joe Norton
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
Considering God (8/2/2020)
“The kings of earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, Let us...
Joe Norton
- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
Controlling the Fire (7/26/2020)
“If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is...
Joe Norton
- Jul 18, 2020
- 1 min
Act Like a Christian (7/19/2020)
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light” (Ephesians 5:8) At one time, the Ephesian...
Joe Norton
- Jul 12, 2020
- 1 min
The Dead Do Rise (7/12/2020)
“Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in...
Joe Norton
- Jul 5, 2020
- 1 min
Love (7/5/2020)
“Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law” (Romans 13:10). The Apostle Paul re-emphasizes a...
Joe Norton
- Jun 28, 2020
- 1 min
Steering In Troubled Waters (6/28/2020)
“Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety” (Proverbs 11:14). Two heads are better...
Joe Norton
- Jun 21, 2020
- 1 min
Know Him (6/21/2020)
Final in a Study of Philippians 3:8-10 “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings,...
Joe Norton
- Jun 14, 2020
- 1 min
Faith In the Righteous One (6/14/2020)
Second in a Study of Philippians 3:8-10 “And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is...
Joe Norton
- Jun 7, 2020
- 1 min
Extensive Sacrifices (6/7/2020)
First in a Study of Philippians 3:8-10 “Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my...
Joe Norton
- May 31, 2020
- 1 min
An Unwavering Faith (5/31/2020)
“For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is...
Joe Norton
- May 23, 2020
- 1 min
A Spiritual Fortress (5/24/2020)
“Great peace have those who love your law, And nothing causes them to stumble” (Psalm 119:165). Context is everything when we are seeking...
Joe Norton
- May 17, 2020
- 1 min
Love for Others (5/17/2020)
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God” (1 John 4:7). The blazing...
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