Matthew 20:20–23: Reflecting on the Scripture “John’s Mother Salome Makes a Request of the Lord”

By Zhang Yue It’s recorded in Matthew 20:20–23, “Then came to Him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping Him, and desiring a certain thing of Him. And He said to her, What will you? She said to Him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, ...

Bible Verse–1 John 4:7

1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.

A Rumpus at Midnight

By Xia Tian Through the windows and blinds the silvery moonlight filtered into the bedroom. Xiadong opened her dry and sleepy eyes a little. She took a look at her thirteen-year-old son and ten-year-old daughter. It was time for her to call the children to ...

Why Did the Jews Resist the Lord Jesus Along With the Pharisees?

By Cheng Tu One day in 33 A.D., dark clouds loomed over Jerusalem, filling the air with gloom. The Lord Jesus, with a crown of thorns on His head, was standing on the platform where the trial had been held. Off the platform were the angry chief priests, ...

Bible Verse–Deuteronomy 11:1

Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always.

Bible Verse–1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.