This week's lessons teach us how John the Baptist prepared the way for Christ's coming. Scripture: Mark 1:1-8 The first two parts of John's message are sin and the need for forgiveness, and the person ...

This week’s lessons teach us to shine our lights in a dark world. I think to understand why immorality has invaded evangelicalism, we have to see that there has been an enormous change in the Western ...

Theme: The glory of the Gospel. This week’s lessons teach us about what God is doing in the world today. In this whole section of 2 Corinthians, the portion that I really like the best is the last.

Theme: The glory of the Gospel. This week’s lessons teach us about what God is doing in the world today. The importance of God’s work is what Paul talks about in this section, and he brings in three ...

There are 13 chapters in the book of 2 Corinthians. This seventh chapter is the summary, or wrap-up, of what has come before. 2 Corinthians can be divided easily into three parts: chapters 1 through 7 ...

“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at ...

If Paul could have had what he really desired, he would have gladly let all the criticism slide by. But in this particular case he could not because of two things. First of all, he was concerned for ...

In this lesson we’ll be studying Revelation 4 which is the first introduction in this book to what heaven is like. I want to begin by describing a rather extraordinary worship service. It took place ...

The second verb Paul used, gave, is also found in verse 25: Christ gave himself up for the church. The full measure of Christ’s love for the church was his dying for her. We are told in one of the ...

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but ...

Theme: The Christian doctrine of man. This week’s lessons teach us what it means to be made in God’s image. Last week I introduced the Christian doctrines of God and revelation as the biblical ...

Yesterday we began to look at the gift of prophecy. Paul contrasts that gift with the gift of tongues in three areas. He says if prophecy is better for the church, if prophecy is better for the ...