
The World Cup and the Kingdom of God
The international extravaganza we call the World Cup is in its full, once-every-four-years swing. Tune in and you’ll see stadiums filled to bursting. There are flags, songs, and traditions, from

The international extravaganza we call the World Cup is in its full, once-every-four-years swing. Tune in and you’ll see stadiums filled to bursting. There are flags, songs, and traditions, from

Read: Romans 1:1-7, 16-17; John 14:25-27 It is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (Rom. 1:16) I

Read: Romans 11:25-36 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery. (Rom. 11:25) As I ended my high school

Read: Romans 11:11-24; Isaiah 5:1-7 You, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not

Read: Romans 11:1-10; 1 Kings 19:13-14 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! (Rom. 11:1) Today’s key verse is not only a key question for the

Read: Romans 10:14-21; Luke 15:25-32 They have not all obeyed the gospel. (Rom. 10:16) My daughter planned to serve as a student teacher in England—but her visa to work in

Read: Romans 9:30-10:13; Deuteronomy 30:11-14 The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. (Rom. 10:8) When I first got graduated lenses for my glasses, my distance

Read: Romans 9:25-29; Exodus 2:1-10 Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved. (Rom. 9:27)

Read: Romans 9:14-24; Jeremiah 18:1-6 Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” (Rom. 9:20) When I first met my wife, she told