Review: 1. God’s power and authority demand our surrender, repentance and allegiance. 2. God calls all who are on His side to take risks and make sacrifices for His kingdom. 3. God is gracious to bless His people in this life, as well as in the life to come. Go…

Having a close relationship with God allows you to pray boldly – that’s what Abraham shows us in this rather repetitive passage. Abraham knew God well, and had been walking with Him for years, so he was able to muster up the courage to pray for the righteous who may…

God always keeps His promises, no matter how impossible they might seem. That’s what we learned yesterday, when the three strangers showed up to assure Abraham that God would indeed give him and Sarah a child, just as He had said He would do. Today’s passage repeats that promise in…

Why would Abraham have shown such lavish hospitality to three strangers? For he didn’t just bring them the bread and water he promised them at first. Instead, he treated them like royalty, asking his wife Sarah to bake fresh bread for them and putting a whole calf on the grill….

Bible Reading for August 26 – Luke 17:22-37 This world is not going to rock along in its current sinful state forever. God will eventually put down the rebellion against Him. There will be a day of judgment. No, we don’t know all the particulars of how it will all…

Since slavery has been illegal in the United States since 1865, what can we possibly learn from these directions Paul gives to bondservants and masters? Well, this is yet another specific example of what Paul told all Christians to do back in 5:21 – to “be subject to one another…

Obey your parents? If the sexual revolution which came to full flower in the 1960’s led America away from Biblical teaching on sex and marriage, the youth movement of the same period fundamentally transformed the way parents relate to their children. Now we listen to Holden Caulfield and Ferris Bueller,…

So, what is the Christian answer to Romanticism? Instead of selfishly focusing on our own feelings, trying to satisfy our own desires for pleasure and fulfillment, what does the Scripture say is the real purpose of life? Well, in verses 3-4, Paul makes clear what it is not. The truly…

What is the most important attribute of a husband or wife? Under the spell of Romanticism, our modern society has cast its vote for visual attractiveness. And beauty is important – the Song of Solomon is in the Bible after all, and it is largely made up of two lovers…

Following the Lord Your God – Joshua 1:10-18 Review 1. Church leaders must proclaim God’s expectations and promises clearly: God is real, God is with us, and we can share in His victory 2. All Christians must hold each other accountable for the promises we have made 3. All the…