A while back a lady went into the hospital for a few days. While she was there, a local elder, and deacon came to visit her. However she was released from the hospital before the Senior or Associate pastors of the church could come see her. After her release, she mentioned to me that none … Continue reading –>
Monday’s section of this week’s lesson asks, Why is how we say something as important as, or even more important than, what we say? How do you react to this statement: “Truth is truth, and people need to take it or leave it”? What’s wrong with this true statement? A couple of years ago I … Continue reading –>
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 2 Timothy 4:2 NKJV Before baseball season begins there is spring training, where all the players get back into shape so they can perform at their highest level during the season. During the off-season they may … Continue reading –>
In the United States, we have an airline, called Southwest, who ask on their commercials, “Want to get away?” In each commercial someone will find themselves in an embarrassing situation, where they would gladly fly to the other side of the world and hide under a rock. The airline then suggests getting on their plane … Continue reading –>
Tuesday’s lesson this week is about Christ-centered doctrinral beliefs. This reminds me of a passage that has become the theme of my ministry. The sacrifice of Christ as an atonement for sin is the great truth around which all other truths cluster. In order to be rightly understood and appreciated, every truth in the word … Continue reading –>
In studying this week’s lesson on being stewards of the gospel I remembered this story which I had previously shared several years ago. When Jesus fed the multitude He had the leftovers gathered so nothing would be wasted. I believe God wants us to be good stewards of the gospel, and I don’t believe God wants … Continue reading –>
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV Romans 9 is not about Jacob or Esau being predestined for salvation or not. It is about the role they were to play. Some … Continue reading –>
Jesus knows us individually, and is touched with the feeling of our infirmities. He knows us all by name. He knows the very house in which we live, the name of each occupant. He has at times given directions to His servants to go to a certain street in a certain city, to such a … Continue reading –>
Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to live as I do…Galatians 4:12 NLT So I urge you to imitate me. 1 Corinthians 4:16 NLT Why is Paul telling us to be like him? Aren’t we supposed to follow Jesus as our only example? There’s a story of a man who was trying to … Continue reading –>
This letter is from Paul, an apostle. I was not appointed by any group of people or any human authority, but by Jesus Christ himself and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead. Galatians 1:1 NLT I remember sitting in church, no more than four years old, watching the preacher preach, and … Continue reading –>
