There are many reasons why a person might pick up and read a Bible. Perhaps curiosity or availability. Perhaps out of frustration or anger.
One of the burdens of every generation is to teach the next generation good manners. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers, and baby-sitters all join
This epistle may be titled ‘The Believer’s Conflict in the Latter Days.’ The apostle opened and closed 2 Peter with the theme of victory.
When we talk about God, there are endless directions our conversations can go. Oftentimes, these discussions end up addressing something to do with God’s
In July 1961, Vince Lombardi, coach of the Green Bay Packers, stood before thirty-eight professional football players ready to start a new season. Six
Today in our all-ages Sunday School class, Andrew walks us through the well-known account of the Tower of Babel, what it meant at the
Chuck Swindoll, with his trademark wit and clarity, introduces his study of Peter’s first letter this way: I find it interesting that Peter, as
We recently emptied out our church library to make some room for future projects, and it got us thinking all about books! Books can
From Paul’s letter to the Romans, Dr. Rennie encourages us how to rightly identify our spiritual giftedness and how to use that giftedness for
There are many ways of understanding how the whole of Scripture fits together, what God is ultimately doing, and how best to understand the
It’s with his typical insight and simplicity that theologian Warren Wiersbe opens his commentary on James (p. 15): Not everybody who grows old, grows
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When thinking of the conclusion of Matthew’s gospel, the so-called Great Commission often comes to mind for many believers. But as we explored chapter
Oftentimes an end is also a beginning. The end of summer signals the beginning of autumn. The end of childhood means the beginning of
Beginning in November 2021, the Adult Sunday School class at Oakridge began working our way through the letter of Paul to the Romans. Below
According to Walk Thru the Bible, the book of Hebrews “is about going spiritually from milk to meat—to grow and mature spiritually. The author
Prayer is just as essential to ministry as it is to the life of every believer, and yet many of us still wrestle with
Beginning in November 2021, the Adult Sunday School class at Oakridge began working our way through the letter of Paul to the Romans. Below
It is customary for a good sermon to begin with an introduction of sorts, an attempt to orient the hearer to the text or
One author has summarized the books of Colossians and Philemon with the following sentence: “When Christians know the supremacy of Christ in his person
