Jul 3, 2025 | Wednesday
Peter was one of the most God-blessed of all the children of Adam. No, he wasn’t wealthy, but money is not necessarily a blessing from the Lord. And he wasn’t a powerful political figure. He didn’t become famous in secular history. He didn’t die peacefully in the arms...
Jun 26, 2025 | Wednesday
Peter was writing to people with whom he had an earlier ministry, and not just through his first epistle. And three times now he has mentioned his “reminding ministry” – “I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things.” But in these next...
Jun 19, 2025 | Wednesday
You’ve probably seen cartoons of Peter at a booth in front of a gate, regulating people’s entrance into heaven. Of course, it is totally unscriptural, and, I hope, it is just for fun. But let’s run with that ridiculous and unbiblical idea this evening. Let’s pretend...
Jun 12, 2025 | Wednesday
Picture a little boy who is dying of a rare neurological disease called adreno-leuko-dystrophy (ALD). We’ll give this boy name – Lorenzo Odone. When he begins showing symptoms, his parents take him to various experts who eventually are able to diagnose the problem,...
Jun 5, 2025 | Wednesday
By what logic do any of us think we deserve or can expect God’s blessings? Because sin has wrecked every part of being, we have no right to anticipate anything but trouble in our lives. Eliphas was often off track but he was accurate when he said to Job, “Man is born...
May 29, 2025 | Wednesday
The last book we studied in a verse by verse fashion was Peter’s first epistle. That was three years ago. Tonight I’d like to begin to take a look at the sequel – Peter’s second Holy Spirit inspired work. And why? Out of many reasons, I’ll just point out that here is...
May 8, 2025 | Wednesday
In the midst of this uninspiring travelogue, we have a lesson on faith. I have read this paragraph many times and usually found my eyes glazing over and my mind falling to sleep. We should fight against this tendency whenever we read God’s Word, because every part of...
May 1, 2025 | Wednesday
I understand that Bro. White was preaching series of messages from the Book of Joshua before his move. He may have addressed this thought, and some of you may have heard it. But the rest of us haven’t had that privilege, so I turn first for you. But if you are among...
Apr 24, 2025 | Wednesday
Last Friday, after our time of prayer, some of the men were talking, and wife of my former pastor came up. I mentioned that she had found a church to attend in the DC area, but she was disappointed that her new pastor was leading the church in a “Good Friday” worship...
Apr 17, 2025 | Wednesday
It probably began earlier, but when Moses reached his fortieth birthday, his heart drove him out of Egypt. He refused to be called the son of Pharaoh and identified with his mother’s people, Israel. In a sense the persecution of them fell on him, but he was able to...
Apr 10, 2025 | Wednesday
Let’s start with a show of hands. How many of you know the story about Abraham’s offering of his son, Isaac? That sacrifice on the top of Mount Moriah is one of the great mountain peaks of the Bible. It strums so many strings and plays such wonderful music. There are...
Apr 3, 2025 | Wednesday
To the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, despite being the infinite God, He never coerced people into doing His will or into believing what He told them. He simply laid out the facts, or people’s responsibilities, and left them to make the right decision. How very...
Mar 20, 2025 | Wednesday
Much of what took place in the Garden of Gethsemane is a mystery to me. I don’t know how to explain the emotions of the God-man, because I don’t know where the Son of God begins and where the Son of Man ends. So, this evening, I’m not going to dig into what Jesus was...
Mar 13, 2025 | Wednesday
As we read this chapter, do we ever consider the emotion which must have originally lay behind it? I confess to reading these words academically – prosaically – without emotion or genuine concern. Paul says, “I was raised as a Hebrew of the Hebrews, a Benjamite of the...
Mar 6, 2025 | Wednesday
The Bible illustrates Christ’s churches in several ways, two of which are a body and a family. I expect that you are familiar with both, because they come up fairly frequently in our messages. But just to refresh your memory, Paul, in I Corinthians 12 spends time...
