Apr 17, 2024 PM, Acts 13:23-41.Paul went where a crowd was gathered and preached the gospel directly to the crowd. Let’s do that too. He started 'where the audience was' and took them to Jesus.

Apr 14, 2024 PM, I Timothy 2:1-3.Our Scripture reading was James 1:1ff

Apr 14, 2024 AM, Luke 9:37-45 .Our Scripture reading was Revelation 13:1ff Think on this again: just like the Transfiguration gave way to the suffering of the world, here again the glory of the Messiah in healing a young boy is resonating with the crowd while at the exact same moment the Messiah is explaining that He will lower Himself even more than He has already. He came in fashion as a man; but that was not enough. For He then humbled Himself to the point of betrayal by His own people...

Apr 14, 2024 SS, Various.

Apr 10, 2024 PM, Acts 13:13-41.Acts 13:13-22 Preaching in the Synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia Acts 13:23-41 Preaching the Gospel in Antioch of Pisidia

Apr 7, 2024 PM, I Timothy 1:15-23.Our Scripture reading was Psalms 49-50

Apr 7, 2024 AM, Luke 9:27-36.Our Scripture reading was Revelation 12:1ff I wonder if the Transfiguration served a purpose other than to show Jesus as glorious king and revealer of God’s will. Could it be the answer to the Lord’s prayer on the mountain that night? Perhaps the Father showed approval of His son by glorifying Him and making a proclamation of His Son’s eminent worthiness prior to His suffering, the path of which would begin in earnest in Luke 9:51.

Apr 7, 2024 SS, Various.Regular spiritual cleanup is needed in our lives. Jesus is the master cleaner, but we join His work.

Apr 4, 2024 PM, Acts 13:4-12.We call this work missions, from the title Great Commission. It is more direct to say that such work is evangelism and church planting. Whatever you call it, the teaching the word of the Lord to new areas is a necessity for the Christian church. Such work faces opposition from the devil and his agents. But we can trust God to protect and help us through.

Mar 31, 2024 PM, Various.

Mar 31, 2024 AM, Various.Our Scripture reading was Luke 24:1-12 We come back then to the resurrection of Jesus. Christians believe— with utter certainty and conviction—that Jesus died and then on the third day rose again from the dead. This is not a guess or wishful thinking. It did truly happen. All the propaganda in the world cannot change that fact, yet that is what non-Christian people have been trying to do for centuries. Your mind is its own built-in propagandist, attempting to get...

Mar 31, 2024 SS, Romans 6:9-14.

Mar 29, 2024 PM, Mark 15:34.Therefore, I do not see a need to 'abandon' the traditional or common view. If we do not divide the Trinity or posit some other strange happening, we can say that God the Son was estranged from God the Father for a moment in time.

Mar 27, 2024 PM, Acts 12:25-13:3.Notice that the church gave up some of its spiritually gifted people and their gifts to reproduce other churches in other areas of the Roman empire. This left holes in the ministry, but they still had no lack of prophets and teachers to carry on the local ministry of Antioch. God called Saul and Barnabas. He may well do the same to someone who is hearing these words!

Mar 24, 2024 AM, Luke 9:18-26.Our Scripture reading was Revelation 11:1ff Christians happily acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord: “We do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord” (2 Cor. 4:5). “No one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Cor. 12:3). “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord” (Phil. 2:11). “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the...

Mar 24, 2024 SS, Ephesians 6:15-21.

Mar 20, 2024 PM, Acts 12:1-24.Emphasize in your minds the early church’s example of prayer. It is amazing. Think on what they learned from Jesus. Let us ask the Father to help us do likewise.

Mar 17, 2024 PM, Lamentations 1:1-11.Our Scripture reading was Psalms 45-46

Mar 17, 2024 AM, Luke 9:1-17.Our Scripture reading was Revelation 10:1ff What can we glean from this portion? These three sections do not seem to naturally fall under a single heading. 1. The disciples, although sent to the house of Israel only on this occasion, were doing something like what we are called to do: preach the kingdom of God. We ought to know a little bit about that kingdom and the basics of the faith that we share with the world. 2. Herod is just a bad character, a villain, a...

Mar 17, 2024 SS, Hebrews 5-8.

March 13, 2023 PM, Acts 11:19-30.Learn from the example of these people ... Evangelism, Encouragement, Example, Edification, Determination, many people became Christians. God can do the same among us today. and also Acts 12:1-24, Persecution, Round 4 (just the first section covered this evening)

Mar 10, 2024 PM, Ephesians 1:15-19.Our Scripture reading was Psalms 43-44

Mar 10, 2024 AM, Luke 8:41-56.Our Scripture reading was Revelation 9:1ff Take note of the similarities in the two situations: both 12 years, both unclean, both falling down before Jesus, both called 'daughter,' both accounts give prominence to faith, both have touch, and both are immediate healings.

Mar 10, 2024 SS, Various.