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By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth,” Jesus said, “will draw all men unto me” (John 12:32). Please, my reader, please capture the determination in those words. Jesus would not turn back. Calvary was not an “if;” there is nothing conditional about it. Heart Surgery with Two […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Greek men accepted temple prostitution as […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. How do you think you would feel, dear reader, if you were commissioned by the Heavenly Father to witness Jesus on the cross as He breathed His last breaths? And that meant you and “many” others came out of your graves and were given opportunity to walk into Jerusalem? What […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Jesus empowered His disciples to interpret the Old Testament Scriptures through the bifocals of 1) His stunning triumph at His cross and 2) His resurrection three days later. The Lord walked out of His tomb, leaving it utterly empty and shamed. Without dispute, Golgotha was one of Jesus’ special bifocals. […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. “By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. A strong wind was blowing, and the waters grew rough. When [the disciples] had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified. But he […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Caiaphas was Israel’s high priest during Jesus’ ministry. He led the temple system that sacrificed perhaps thousands of lambs during his administration. He was also a Sadducee who rejected the very idea of a resurrection. Caiaphas cunningly schemed how he could appeal successfully to Pilate to order Jesus’ crucifixion, and […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning” (Genesis 1:1). For a number of years as I read the Scriptures I gave thought to the way the Apostle John began his book: “In […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Moses built a worship system to cover sin that included sacrificing doves, rams, and lambs, and it guided Israel for a thousand years. Think about that, a thousand years. Jesus in His own Person brought Moses’ Law to an end and replaced it with a New Covenant of righteousness “for […]
By Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Lesson Two (For Lesson 1, click here) Mary had a short stay at home in Nazareth before she and Joseph had to go to Bethlehem to register and pay their taxes. This time it meant a ninety-mile trip. Bethlehem was about five miles south of Jerusalem. Mary’s delivery of her […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Lesson 1 (For Lesson 2, click here) Elizabeth said to Mary, “Blessed is she who has believed what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished” (John 1:42). Mary the mother of Jesus lived with broad mood swings, experiences that lifted her to the highest peaks of joy, and some […]