Following Jesus
Matthew 16:13-28 - Cross-bearing is required for being a follower of Jesus, and involves rejecting ourselves as master, giving up things we’d like to have, and doing things we don’t want to do.
The Holy Spirit
In many ways the work of the Holy Spirit in our personal lives and in the life of the church seems mysterious. It’s very similar to Christ’s comments to Nicodemus in John 3: the Holy Spirit moves like the blowing of the wind and accomplishes things, but we don’t know how. The Hebrew and Greek... Read More
Experiencing the Presence of God
We have many stories in the Bible who experienced the presence of God. Examples are Abraham, Hagar, Jacob, Moses, Joseph, Isaiah, Daniel, Jesus’s parents, John the Baptist’s parents, Paul, and others. Christ is present with us too. He promised to be present in Matt. 18:18-20 and Heb. 7:24-25 says Christ can be present with us... Read More
The History and Future of Sunday School
Sunday schools began in England in the 17780s when Robert Raikes became concerned about the many children and even adults who could not read and had little knowledge of the Bible. As the availability of public education increased, the focus of Sunday school shifted to Bible instruction. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Anabaptist... Read More
Liberty or License
Many people have the idea that “liberty” means freedom to do whatever I want with no restrictions. What Paul meant by liberty is freedom to belong to the Messiah and God’s people without keeping the Old Covenant. Paul talks about the “hope of righteousness.” The word “hope” indicates that something is not yet fulfilled. By... Read More
Attitudes and Activities of a Healthy Body Life
What attitudes and activities produce healthy body life and believers who do what Jesus wants, according to Acts 2 and 4? In these verses we see numerous spiritual activities. That could be grouped under the headings of worship, commitment to the apostles’ doctrine, and fellowship with fellow believers. Worship: Worship from the heart is the... Read More
Two Kingdoms – One Citizenship
The Kingdom of Heaven has several notable characteristics: 1) It has a king, and that king is Christ. 2) Like the mustard seed, it starts small but grows into something visible and strong (Matt. 13:31, 32). 3) Like leaven, it starts within and changes all of a person’s life (Matt. 13:33). Like a treasure, it... Read More
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