Questions are a wonderful way to teach. They make us stop and think and evaluate…and then COMMIT OURSELVES. Sales people are very good at this—you want that car in red or blue; you want 2 or 3 of these; etc. God asks Job 40 questions he couldn’t answer and we cannot answer most, even today. […]
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What To Do When Things Seem To Be Falling Apart
The country seems to be falling apart. What can we do right now in our messed up culture? These are some observations from I & II Peter: Focus, first and foremost, on our reward (I Pt 1.3-5). View hardship as a way to grow (1.6-9). Appreciate our grace, since it gives us sustained innocence in […]
Church Discipline
Paul said, “Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world” (Philippians 2:14-15). This is similar to what Jesus taught when He was […]
Are You Taking Your Medicine?
An elderly gentleman who hated going to the doctor became ill. Finally agreeing to go, he was given a prescription to be taken daily for a month. Taking his first dose he nearly choked! So, he added a little water to it. His next dose was just as bad, so he added a little honey […]
Truth and Error: How to Tell the Difference
We learn about a thing by experiencing it. Babies learn sweet from sour, hot from cold, and wet from dry by experiencing these things. Even so, we learn spiritual truth by experiencing it in God’s word, which is truth (John 17:17). Our use of God’s word enables us to readily distinguish between truth and error. […]
Preparing for the new year
New Year – New You – Bible Study Text: Ephesians 5:15-17 Introduction: It’s the first Sunday of the new year, so let me wish everyone a very happy and blessed 2023! I like the new year holiday and all it’s traditions – including the new year’s eve count down and the ball dropping, and the […]
You, Me, and The Bible
You may understand the Bible and I may misunderstand it. I may understand it and you may misunderstand it. We may misunderstand it differently. We may misunderstand it alike. But we cannot understand it differently. What kind of book would the Bible be if it said something to you that it didn’t say to me? […]
FINDING YOUR WHY
When we study various subjects, be it math, history, athletics, medicine…we learn what, when, where and how, but more often than not, we do not consider the why. Why do we worship? Why do we go to church? Why do we take the Lord’s supper? Why baptize people? We stress the mechanics and elements of […]
Infamy
I am writing this on Wednesday, December 7th, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. They also attacked six other island nations on this same date in a massive Pacific campaign. This was a point that President Roosevelt made clear when he made his famous speech calling December 7th 1941, “a […]
Generally, when we get to this part of the story of Jesus’ birth, we skip over it.
Texts: Matthew 1:1-17 (a.m.) / Luke 3:23-38 (p.m.) Aim: to discuss the significance of the genealogies of Jesus. Thesis: the genealogy of Jesus demonstrates the nature of GOD, of JESUS, and of HUMANS. Introduction: Back in 1976 an author named Alex Haley published a book that electrified the nation – it went on to become […]