As we go through our Christian lives we expect a certain degree of failure. One of the first and most fundamental things we come to understand when we become Christians is that we are flawed, imperfect, sinful creatures. We lose our tempers, we have impure thoughts, we say things that aren't true. Despite our best … Continue reading My Pathetic, Sinful, Godly Desires
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From Image-Bearers to Sin-Bearers (A Study in the Magnitude of Sin)
INTRODUCTION: There’s a bit of a folk tale told in the realm of science; one that goes back almost three centuries before Christ. It’s a story about a Greek king, Hiero, who had commissioned a goldsmith to create a golden crown in the shape of what’s called a laurel wreath (which is two branches crossed … Continue reading From Image-Bearers to Sin-Bearers (A Study in the Magnitude of Sin)
The One Who Was, and Is & Will Be Merciful (The Mercy of God – A Study in the Attributes of God)
Introduction: I’m sure many of you are familiar with the poem, “Footprints”. It is one of the most famous quote, unquote “Christian” poems out there; and in this poem, a person is walking along the shore, at the beach, with God. And the poet uses this illustration as a picture of their entire life, as … Continue reading The One Who Was, and Is & Will Be Merciful (The Mercy of God – A Study in the Attributes of God)
“The Flood is Coming” (A Bible Study on Matthew 24:36-44)
There are always headlines that catch your eye if you're a Christian. We're immediately drawn to topics about abortion, the persecuted church, evangelism; and now, even gay marriage and transgenderism. And while these are all important issues that we're faced with in this country, and even globally; there's one thing that they always have in … Continue reading “The Flood is Coming” (A Bible Study on Matthew 24:36-44)
A King’s Desperation (A Bible Study of Psalm 25:1-22)
Going through the life of David, as we have been, we see what we might consider a great man. He was a man with great accomplishments. He was a man with great failures. He was a man with great opposition. But we know better, don't we? And what we know is that David was anything … Continue reading A King’s Desperation (A Bible Study of Psalm 25:1-22)
…ARE DOOMED To Repeat It (A Bible Study of Jude 1:14-25) – Part 2
Those who forget history, ARE doomed to repeat it. That's what we began to see, in our last lesson, when we first opened the book of Jude, in its first thirteen verses (You can check out that lesson by clicking HERE). And we discovered that this epistle, was intended by its author, as a call … Continue reading …ARE DOOMED To Repeat It (A Bible Study of Jude 1:14-25) – Part 2
Those Who Forget History… (A Bible Study of Jude 1:1-13) – Part 1
My worst subject in school was always history. After all the years that I spent half asleep in my history classes, I can only tell you three things about history. George Washington had wooden teeth. Lincoln freed the slaves. And we landed on the moon. And I'm totally guessing that it happened in that order. … Continue reading Those Who Forget History… (A Bible Study of Jude 1:1-13) – Part 1
Before the Foundations of the Earth 