15-11-01 Bountiful Giving II Cor. 9 5-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this passage we find several similar words that Paul uses to describe how giving should be bountiful. Bounty – 2 Cor 9:5 – “makeup beforehand your bounty… as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness” – bounty...
Allegory of Sarah & Hagar Gal. 4:21-31 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Gal 4:21-31 is the allegory of Sarah and Hagar. In this passage, Paul makes his third defense in this chapter showing why the Galatians should not be back under the law. He contrasts Sarah and Isaac with Hagar and Ishmael...
The Truth About Youth Ps.71:18 The time of your youth is very important to the success of your Christian walk. When you grow old you don’t want to look back and regret the things that you could have done for the Lord. Foundational Time It is the...
Great is Thy Faith Heb11:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO A gentile woman of Canaan came to Jesus asking him to cast a devil out of her daughter. Of her he said, Great is thy faith. What was it that was so great about her faith and how did she, as a...
Must Christians confess their sins? 1 Jn 1:9 deals with the confession of sins. A few cross references will help respond to the objections that this verse has any application to Christians. There are several aspects of this verse that we need to consider. We will group the cross references...
Nehemiah Characteristics of Godly Leadership CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you read the book of Nehemiah you see in him the characteristics of godly leadership. We are going to examine several of these characteristics in Nehemiah. Nehemiah was a: Praying man – Nehemiah 1:4-11; 2:4; 4:9 – he did not undertake...
Hewers & Wokers of Stone 1 Chron. 22: 6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When David charged Solomon to build the house of the Lord, he provided him with hewers and workers of stone. They are the ones who mined the stone, brought it to the job site and shaped it...
Paul’s Personal Rebuke Gal. 4:12-20 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the first part of this chapter, Paul gave the Galatians a good reason why they should not now be under the law. The reason is based on the rationale that a grown child does not subject himself to his childhood rules....
Comfort of the Scriptures Rom.15:4 The comfort of the scriptures gives us hope. What is your go to verse? Do you have a verse or two that you can go to get some comfort or hope? If you are consistent in feeding on the words of God, then the...
Some Facts About Truth John 18:33-38 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this passage Pilate has a problem. Jesus has been brought before him for judgment, yet he says “What is truth?” As Bible believers we know that Jesus Christ is the truth [John 14:6] and that God’s words are also [John 17:17]. Pilate...
