John Mark was not one of Jesus' disciples.  He is believed to be a convert of Peter, who also gave Mark the gospel account to record.  He was a young man who grew up with Christians coming to his moth...  Read More

Andrew, Simon Peters brother, was originally one of John the baptists disciple.  He would be one of the few present who saw Jesus the Messiah for the 1st time coming to be baptized by John.  He heard ...  Read More

Matthias is an interesting disciple of Christ.  We know that he was chosen of two candidates to replace Judas to be the 12th apostle  and he was present at the baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts.  Tha...  Read More

We highlight today an unknown hero of the faith, a disciple of Jesus, the brother of Matthew named James the less, the son of Alphaeus.  He is not mentioned having any questions, comments, or actions ...  Read More

The disciple of Jesus named Matthew, or also Levi.  His brother was James the less, one of three brother pairs called by Jesus.  He was a tax collector of Rome which insured he was hated by his own pe...  Read More

Philip was the 1st person called by Jesus.  That is amazing. Not to be mistaken as Philip the evangelist, one of the 7 deacons. He invited Nathaniel to Jesus. He would inform Jesus at the feeding of t...  Read More

1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. 2 Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.James death was a result of political ambitions of...  Read More

Stephen was a Spirit filled man charged to serve people practically and help the widows.  He had an amazing biblical understanding as is displayed in Acts 7.  He could of easily been a church leader b...  Read More

I have decided to take my devo's in a specific direction.  I'm will be undertaking a journey of some of the millions of faithful martyrs in Christ church history.  Obviously, there are millions!  I wi...  Read More

Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water ...  Read More

Matthew 3:16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him...  Read More

Matthew 3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” 15 But Jesus ...  Read More