Who Are You Voting For? And Does It Matter?
Ephesians 6:12 NIVFor our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. We have election day coming up in a couple of days. The mailboxes are full of political messages from […]
Letters To Leaders – Integrity
‘For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to […]
Genesis 9 – God’s Covenant With Noah
Genesis 9:1-3 NIVThen God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. [2] The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and […]
Letters For Leaders – Conflict
‘You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving […]
Letters To Leaders – Selflessness
‘Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality […]
Genesis 8 – God Ends The Flood And Resets The Seasons On The Earth
Genesis 8:1-5 NIVBut God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. [2] Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling […]
Letters To Leaders – Character
‘You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach […]
Letters To Leaders – Truth, And Conviction
‘The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently […]
Genesis 7 – The Great Flood and God’s Plan For Salvation
Genesis 7:1-4 NIVThe LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. [2] Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and […]
Letters To Leaders – Everyone Is A Leader
‘As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. The goal of this command is […]
Genesis 6 – Wickedness in the World
Wickedness in the World Genesis 6:1-3 NIVWhen human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, [2] the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. [3] Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with […]
Parenting Through Proverbs – The Friendship Years
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” Genesis 3:1 NIV Pastor Emeritus Rurel Ausley put the finishing touches on the sermon series, “Parenting Through Proverbs,” at […]
Genesis 5 – From Adam To Noah – A Study Of Names That Point To Jesus
In this chapter in Genesis, we get the family line from Adam to Noah. The key here is the names and their meaning. Please pay attention to the meaning of these names; they all point to the coming and the purpose of Jesus. Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Holy Word and the meaning behind […]
Genesis 4 – Cain And Abel – Life Outside Of The Garden Begins
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.” Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some […]
Parenting Through Proverbs
‘Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. ‘ Proverbs 22:6 One of the most significant challenges and privileges that God has allowed those who have had children is parenting. One of the most challenging things a person can engage in is […]