Bible, Bible study, Deuteronomy, God, Joshua, quiet time
When we miss the point of reading the Bible, sometimes we ask ourselves (and those in spiritual authority over us) why we have to read the Bible everyday. “Show me in the Bible where we are commanded to have daily quiet times,” we say, looking for a way to...
Bible, God, grace, growing, Holy Spirit, idols, Joshua, worship
We sprinted through the book of Joshua yesterday in Bible study. With only one documented screw up (Joshua 9), Joshua was one of Israel’s most faithful leaders. He was big on Bible reading and made it a priority for his people to know the Word so they could...
believe, Bible, blessings, Exodus, faith, Genesis, God
On Sunday our pastor preached on Genesis 12. Verse 1 reads, “The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.'” (The previous Thursday I taught on the same passage. ...
believe, Bible, faith, God, Matthew, Proverbs, trials
Last week I was wracking my brain, trying to solve a problem. Fix. Win. End. A problem. And in so doing, I communicated with several friends about the problem. My friends have been a vital part of my sorting out the problem. I owe them a debt of gratitude for...
Bible, Ephesians, Genesis, God, obedience, trials
This semester I am teaching something called Chronological Bible Discipleship. As you might infer, we’re going through the Bible chronologically in order to better understand the Bible as ONE story, not 66 independent books. All that to say, we spent some time...
believe, Bible, evangelism, faith, God, Heaven, Jesus, John, sin, truth
Christianity is often distinguished from all other religions because it is the only religion (except maybe universalism, which says everyone goes to Heaven no matter what) that is not works-based. While the other world religions require men to be good – to do...
