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Joe Norton
Dec 3, 20221 min read
Love Your Neighbor (12/4/2022)
“And the second is like to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39). After having told His followers that loving...
Joe Norton
Nov 27, 20221 min read
God’s Requirements (11/27/2022)
“Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! “For the Lord has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, “And they have rebelled...
Joe Norton
Nov 20, 20221 min read
Three Rules for Living (11/20/2022)
“He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with...
Joe Norton
Nov 13, 20221 min read
Understanding Temptation (11/13/2022)
“Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But...
Joe Norton
Nov 6, 20221 min read
Light at the End of the Tunnel (11/6/2022)
“Those who sow in tears, Shall reap in joy. “He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, “Shall doubtless come again...
Joe Norton
Oct 29, 20221 min read
Working Heartily as to the Lord (10/30/2022)
“Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart,...
Joe Norton
Oct 22, 20221 min read
Walking Worthy (10/23/2022)
Continuation of last week’s Thought “…that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and...
Joe Norton
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Filled with Knowledge (10/16/2022)
“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge...
Joe Norton
Oct 10, 20221 min read
Friendship with the Master (10/09/2022)
“And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.’ And he was called...
Joe Norton
Oct 2, 20221 min read
Not a Spirit of Fear (10/2/2022)
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). In scripture, the word...
Joe Norton
Sep 25, 20221 min read
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 11, 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 4, 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
Aug 28, 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 14, 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 7, 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
Jul 31, 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 24, 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 17, 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 10, 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...
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