Spiritual Growth
You Can Study The Bible For Yourself! Here’s How
You can study the Bible for yourself! The Word of God is powerful in its affect upon our life (Heb 4:12) and the Word of God is profitable for every aspect of our life! (2 Tim 3:15-17). Something that powerful and profitable is worth the investment of time in learning how to study it in order…
Read MoreWhen Darkness Is Your Closest Friend
One of the men that has been a great blessing to me through his writing ministry is Paul Tripp. If you can ever get hold of a copy of “Instruments In The Redeemer’s Hands” you won’t be disappointed! On Monday Paul posted an article on his website entitled: Darkness is my closest friend. Here is…
Read MoreHow To Interpret the Bible For Yourself
As we gather each week to study the Word of God together we seek to approach Scripture in a way that is consistent with the command to “rightly divide the Word of Truth.” Pastor Charles Wood has been retired for a number of years. Once and awhile I get an email from him with helpful…
Read MoreThe Christian Life Now
The Bible is often described as a great drama told in four acts. It is the story of God and his dealings with humanity, and the four acts tell the story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. We have spent the last several weeks discussing the reality of our sin and God’s solution to it,…
Read MoreThe (True) Story of the Cross
Read Matthew 21:1-10 for the story of Palm Sunday Only 5 days later the same crowd that shouted “Hosanna” would also shout “Crucify him!” Read John 19:1-30 for the story of the crucifixion. Today many have become uncomfortable with the story of the cross. A common modern understanding of the cross: “I could accept Jesus as…
Read MoreCure for Discouragement
Are you feeling discouraged? Discouragement is an outlook that focuses on problems, circumstances or people instead of God. In Numbers 21 the Bible records the story of the nation of Israel on their journey to the land of promise. They became “very discouraged” on the way (4). God had promised them a land flowing with…
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