Human Effort

Lesson #2: Conflict in the Home

Have you ever been angry or upset because of the action of others? Is anger a SIN? We sometimes have the idea that anger is not called for and so we do not talk about it or we hide it away from […]

Church Life Family Discipleship

Lesson #1: Spiritual Transparency in the Home

Lesson #1 is the first step in a discipleship program. This program about the need to minister to the entire family and is part of a longer term conversation that all families should maintain on marriage, family, and child discipleship. What this […]

Holidays

My Prayer for the New Year

At the beginning of the last year I was leading a group of youth at a large two day youth conference. Events like this are stressful for me because I am not a fan of crowds. (I know a youth leader that […]

Genesis

Genesis 3:17 | The Curse with a Promise

God cursed the ground and everything because of sin. Genesis chapter three is a pivotal entry into the history of creation. It is the event that changed the course of mankind and explains why the world is the way it is today. […]

Genesis

Genesis 2:24 | Marriage

Genesis means origin or source of a beginning. That is exactly what the first book of the Bible is about. Henry Morris believes that starting in Chapter two we have the genesis account as written by Adam himself. This chapter is giving us […]

Acts

Acts 2:38 | Repent and be Baptized!

When I think about Acts Chapter 2 I am immediately drawn to verse 38 where Peter responds to the crowd’s question and concludes his first Holy Spirit directed sermon. 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of […]

Acts

Acts 1:8 | The Promise has Arrived!

Acts is the second half of the Gospel of Luke and is primarily concerned with the actions of the apostles many of whom were direct disciples of Jesus in the gospels. In the conclusion of Luke and in the start of Acts […]

Genesis

Genesis 1:3 | Jesus Christ is the Light of Life

Jesus is the light but before we can understand we need to know that light author of Light is God. In Genesis God the creator speaks into existence his will and his plans. He is unimaginably powerful. There is no human construct […]

John

John 21:17 | A Confirmed Love for Jesus

Chapter 21 is the final chapter in the Gospel of John. So much has been written and John has captured for history some amazing events. There are signs and wonders, changed lives, and Jesus himself resurrected. So what is left so share? […]

John

John 14:1 | Last Words and a Perfect Gift

Jesus is about to die. He is in the last meal, the last moments with the disciples before everything changes. What are his last words? What did he want the disciples to know before everything would be turned upside down? “Let not […]