YouTube has produced a skit that features the 11 disciples after Jesus' death. They confess to having stolen Jesus' body from His tomb and were discussing how they would say He had been raised from th...  Read More

Thomas is not mentioned very much in the Gospels. In fact, in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, he is only in the lists of the disciples. However, in the Gospel of John, he is in two important stories. When Je...  Read More

Philip, the apostle, is not mentioned in the first three gospels other than in the lists of the apostles. However, he is a frequent character in the book of John.  Philip had been among the followers ...  Read More

Matthew was a tax collector in the service of Herod Antipas, tetrarch  of Galilee. As such, he was hated by patriotic Jews and the general populace. Tax collectors most often increased the amount of m...  Read More

Thaddeus was born to a Jewish family in Panias Galilee near where Jesus grew up. He was a farmer by trade, his mother was a cousin of Jesus’ mother, Mary, and his father was a brother of Joseph and Ja...  Read More

A little known fact is that John’s cousin was Jesus. His mother was the sister of Mary, Jesus’ mother. When Jesus called John to be a disciple, he was fishing with his brother, James, and his father, ...  Read More

James and John, fishermen and two of Jesus’ disciples, were brothers and possibly cousins of Jesus. Their mother, Salome, was the sister of Mary, Jesus’ mother. Jesus called James and his brother, Joh...  Read More

As our team prepares to go in Jesus’ name, we would deeply appreciate your prayers during this season of preparation. Lucie, Sam, Alex, Sammie, Darren, Denise, Ryan V, Boaz, Dan, Allison, Ryan W, and ...  Read More

Type your new text here. We’re excited to travel to Costa Rica this July 18–25 to serve alongside our global missionaries, Lonney and Paula Moore, with Hope Partner International. Hope Centers are cur...  Read More

Frisco Bible Church | July 6–13, 2025What a week! As our team wraps up an unforgettable mission trip to Word of Life in upstate New York, our hearts are full—with gratitude, growth, laughter, and most...  Read More

Type your new text here. July 11, 2025by Chandra Shekhar ManneWe began our Friday morning with a powerful devotional titled “The Weight of Glory and the Dumbbell of Temptation.” It centered on the imp...  Read More

Today was our 4th day at Word of Life Bible Institute. After a delicious breakfast of pancakes, we went to the train station at Ranch / Ridge area to continue painting. The two of us started by edgin...  Read More