Wednesday 04/06/20 Series: Thru the Bible The Time of the Judges – a Review This post offers a very basic 10,000′ view of the book of Judges & Ruth. Each of the Judges and stories mentioned here are covered in MUCH more detail in their individual chapters earlier this year. You can visit any and all of these by clicking the following links: Introduction to Judges – Judges 1-2 Deborah, a Mother in Israel – Judges 3-5 Gideon, Mighty Warrior – Judges 6-8 Jephthah’s Vow – Judges 9-12 Samson the Nagged – Judges 13-16 People did what was right in […]
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Ruth & Naomi: God Provides a Covering
Podcast: Download ()Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 04/01/20 Series: Thru the Bible Message – Ruth & Naomi: God Provides a Covering ***Video is HERE*** Share this: Ruth & Naomi: God Provides a Covering The book of Ruth is a little unique because it is only one of two books in scripture whose main protagonist is a female (though a case could be made for Song of Solomon’s love being a co-protagonist in that book). Contrary to popular thought this is NOT due to some form of slant against women, native to the Jewish culture. While it is true that God […]
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Deliver me in Your Righteousness
Podcast: Download (194.3MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 03/18/20 Message – Deliver me in Your Righteousness ***Video is HERE*** Share this: Psalm 31 Jamieson-Fausset & Brown The prayer of a believer in time of deep distress. In the first part, cries for help are mingled with expressions of confidence. Then the detail of griefs engrosses his attention, till, in the assurance of strong but submissive faith, he rises to the language of unmingled joyful trust and exhorts others to like love and confidence towards God. Psa 31:1-24 NKJV Many Psalms are clearly written in the past tense, reflecting back on events […]
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How to be saved
How to be saved? This is a follow-up article to – What is Salvation? Salvation is about being in a proper relationship to our Creator. As such, salvation is a matter of coming to know God and trust Him. Mankind fell from this relationship through a lack of trust in God in the garden of Eden. Every person since then was born with a nature inclined towards distrust and so, everyone sins. God’s word tells us that if anyone claims that they have no sin they are lying and the truth is not in them. So it could be said […]
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Do James and Paul disagree?
This is a topic which has become near and dear to my heart, first as a seeker and lover of the truths of the scriptures and secondly as a pastor. I have met MANY believers who have nearly been shipwrecked in their faith or have fallen into serious error due to misunderstanding what Paul and James were actually saying. Some of this is due to “little-to-no” actual studying of the passages in question. Other times it is due to bringing to a study, preconceived ideas which blind us to what is actually being taught. Taken together with these two problems […]
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