Lessons From Galatians 3
Today is Father’s Day and Galatians 3 isn’t the typical passage to use for Father’s Day. John said his relationship with his earthly father was fairly negative, so it probably wasn’t surprising that when he thought about God, he always had a hard time believing he cared about him. Galatians 3 says both Jews and... Read More
Fulfill Your Ministry
In II Timothy 4, Paul charges Timothy to remain faithful to his mission by preaching the Word, regardless of how people react. Each of us has a mission that is our unique obligation. Finishing well involves viewing one’s life as a “drink offering” - a complete, faithful sacrifice, and looking forward to the appearing of... Read More
The Resurrection – The Reason for Our Hope
Acts 1:3 says Christ “presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs.” I Cor. 15 says Christ was seen by many people after the resurrection, and if Christ had not risen our faith would be in vain. A major truth in the sermons in Acts is that Christ is risen from the dead... Read More
A Duty to Warn
The instruction in Scripture to admonish and warn someone is not given so we will admonish people after they have become deeply enmeshed in sin but to admonish people before things get so desperate. The people who warned in the Old Testament were called prophets or watchmen. Even though they spoke the message of God,... Read More
Elijah and Small Obediences
Kings 18 is Elijah’s experience of being overwhelmed and exhausted by evil circumstances. God showed up in his space to feed and heal him. God told Elijah to eat, to sleep, to worship, to anoint two kings, to anoint his successor. Elijah’s small obediences were the method God used to heal Elijah.
Foundational Beliefs from Core to Present
The goal is to come to rest instead of being determined to fix our troubles. The better thing is to consider what is one thing I can do to trust God. Jesus has something for us to do because we can’t reason our way out of our troubles. While we are demanding to be fixed... Read More
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