Tag: Bible Studies
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My Life is Good Enough Without Jesus or the Church
“My life is good enough without Jesus or the church…” I have heard this often. I’ve said it. When we say things like this we make an assumption about Christianity- that it is about living a good life or being satisfied in this life. What if I told you that the message of the Bible…
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What Our Complaints Reveal About Us
Last week, we saw Samuel anoint Saul with oil. We saw God’s confirming signs on Saul’s life as God’s Holy Spirit moved him to sing with the singing prophets. We learned what God desires musically from His people. We also saw that Saul kept God’s anointing of himself and the powerful work of God’s Holy…
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Jesus was probably perceived as a hillbilly.
This week, we get to begin walking through Matthew’s Gospel. As we walk through Matthew’s Gospel, I want to pay particular attention to how much of what he wrote was an exposition of the Old Testament Scripture and how much of Jesus said was itself exposition of His word in the Old Testament. There are…