Bucket Full of Grace

Discover the remarkable life of John the Apostle — fisherman, eyewitness, exile, and author of five New Testament books. Explore what made him unique among the Twelve and why his message of love is more urgent than ever. Who Was John the Apostle? Of all the disciples who walked with Jesus, few leave as deep a fingerprint on the New Testament as  John, the son of Zebedee . He was a fisherman from Galilee who became one of the earliest followers of Jesus, one of the inner circle of three, an eyewitness to the Transfiguration and the Garden of Gethsemane, and the only apostle tradition holds died of old age rather than martyrdom. He wrote more books of the New Testament than anyone except the Apostle Paul — the Gospel of John, three epistles (1, 2, and 3 John), and the book of Revelation. Yet John is also one of the most misunderstood figures in Christian history. People often picture him as soft or sentimental — the apostle of love, the gentle one, the one who laid his head on Jesus'...

Deuteronomy is Moses' farewell sermon — a passionate, urgent call to love God with everything you have, choose life over death, and walk faithfully in His ways. Here's what this often-overlooked book is really about and why it matters deeply for your faith today. Picture this: forty years of wandering are finally over. The generation that trembled at the base of Sinai has died in the wilderness. A new generation stands at the edge of the Jordan River, looking across at the land God promised their ancestors. They are about to cross over. They are about to inherit everything. And Moses — 120 years old, still sharp-eyed, still on fire — has one last thing to say. What follows is the book of Deuteronomy: three sermons delivered in the plains of Moab, in the final weeks before Moses dies and Israel crosses into Canaan. It is one of the most important books in the entire Bible, quoted more than almost any other in the New Testament, cherished by Jesus himself, and yet often ski...