Jan 19, 2023 | Wednesday
This is a fascinating chapter for anyone who loves the word of God. There are a great many things here, most of which I don’t have time to address. But I will ramble just a bit to point out several things about the world in which Abraham lived. It reveals things found...
Jan 12, 2023 | Wednesday
What is your definition of faith? Google defines it as “complete trust or confidence in someone or something.” Does that summarize your definition? It’s not bad, but now consider what Noah Webster says. Two hundred years ago, faith was: “Belief; the assent of the mind...
Jan 5, 2023 | Wednesday
Evidence suggests that during our Lord’s earthly ministry, Peter, James and John were His foremost disciples. They certainly got the most face time with the Saviour – the most ink; the most personal counseling and the most rebuke. In the first part of this chapter,...
Jan 1, 2023 | Wednesday
What was the first thing you did when you came into the auditorium today? For most of us it was a smile followed by a few handshakes. You used your right hand, not your left, didn’t you? You may have modified your handshake depending on the people you greeted. For...
Dec 22, 2022 | Wednesday
I have been trying really hard to develop this lesson into a sermon, so that I could have something to preach. But with the material before us, this will be little more than a Bible lesson with some teachable material. And yet, I did manage to find three points to...
Dec 15, 2022 | Wednesday
There are people who like to read the Bible as if it was some mystical collection of allegories. To them very little is black and white. To them just about every other statement must mean something other than what it clearly says. The word “Israel,” for example,...
Dec 8, 2022 | Wednesday
Twenty to twenty-five years ago, Judy and I began to set aside a few dollars every month in the hopes of leaving it to our children should the Lord not take us away together at some point. We established an account with a well-known investment company, and other than...
Nov 24, 2022 | Wednesday
Peter reminded the pastors of the churches in Galatia, Cappadocia and Bithynia that their primary duty was to feed God’s sheep. Then he concluded his thought by saying there is a reward for faithfully carrying out that duty. “When the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye...
Nov 17, 2022 | Wednesday
Here we are in the auditorium of the Calvary Baptist Church. Why are you here? Is it to see your Christian friends? Do you come to sing the songs of Zion? Is it out of habit? Why are you here? Is it to worship the Lord? Is it to testify of your faith to the community?...
Nov 10, 2022 | Wednesday
It appears to me that Peter was concerned about the saints in Asia Minor – Galatia, Pontus and Cappadocia. Perhaps he had heard that they were suffering under severe persecution. Perhaps he was afraid they would stumble and turn from Christ, even renouncing...
Nov 3, 2022 | Wednesday
Last week we looked at the Lord Jesus’ “Parable of the Talents” applying it to the work of evangelism. Matthew 25 tell us that this was given just two or three days before Jesus’ crucifixion. In Luke 19 we read a similar, but different illustration, called the...
Oct 20, 2022 | Wednesday
Before the 19th century, there were only two ways to travel from New York to Sydney, Australia. Usually those old sailing vessels went under the Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of Africa. But there was another route: sailing by way of the Drake Passage or...
Oct 13, 2022 | Wednesday
Where would you prefer to live: on the planet Mercury or on whatever Pluto is being called today? Astronomers tell us that the surface temperature of Mercury is 354 degrees Fahrenheit. I don’t know if that is on our side of Mercury or on the Sun’s side, but it doesn’t...
Oct 6, 2022 | Wednesday
Do you have a sister, who used to be very close to you, but who now refuses to let you see her children, because you became a Christian, and she became a Mormon? Or did you loose your job when you told your employer that you had been saved? Have you ever been teased...
Sep 22, 2022 | Wednesday
Have you ever noticed that every once in a while I can make some really profound statement? I have to think really hard to come up with these to make sure they are accurate as well as erudite. For example we begin with one tonight: “Life is always changing.” Have you...
