“As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and He said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he rose and followed him” (Matthew 9:9). Sometimes you just have to jump into the River of God. The Lord, by the Holy Spirit, gets a grip...

Who were the friends of Jesus and how did they become His friends? John 1 paints a picture of how the first disciples of Jesus were drawn to Him. The important man in the story is John the Baptist. He was actually a relative of the Lord. We find this...