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 No Man Has Ascended | While speaking to Nicodemus, Jesus says "No man has ascended to Heaven." What about Enoch and Elijah? Didn't they ascend to Heaven? What about Moses and David and all the other godly people who died? Didn't they ascend to Heaven? In this lesson, we start by focusing on what Jesus means by these words. There are many different interpretations. Then we look into those apparent contradictions. (50:23) | 2024-12-16 2024-11-26 | ||
 You Have Heard ... | In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus addresses some bad teachings that have gotten into Judaism. For these 6 items, Jesus begins by saying, "You have heard ...". In this study, we look at what people are saying and why and we look at what Jesus says about how they should live. (44:59) | 2024-12-10 2024-11-26 | ||
 Marriage, Etc. | Some bad teachings have gotten into Christianity and that also affects marriage. In this study, we look at marriage and related topics with the goal of identifying these misunderstandings and offering Biblical correction. (45:39) | 2024-12-05 2024-11-26 | ||
 I Have the Gift of Teaching | Some of the leaders in Christianity have the ability to teach but do not have an understanding of the Bible from which they can teach. We look at an example from one pastor who misunderstands the Sadducee's question, which was intended to show there was no Resurrection. (34:22) | 2024-11-26 2024-10-26 | ||
 Did the Father Abandon Jesus on the Cross? | Jesus said the father had abandoned him, but that seems unlikely to us. So, this is a commonly asked question but many of the answers are wrong or incomplete. Some people say, 'yes' and they use a verse in 2nd Corinthians to support that. We'll really dig into that complicated verse to understand what Paul is saying. Then we'll look at a better source for understanding why Jesus said what he said. (25:23) | 2024-11-20 2024-10-26 | ||
 Called By Name | Through Isaiah, God does something that he never does again. He calls someone, through prophecy, by the person's name, more than 200 years before that person will be born. That person will be the king of the Medo-Persian Empire which came after the Babylonian Empire which had conquered Israel. (32:43) | 2024-11-18 2024-10-26 | ||
 Is Isaiah 3 Also Speaking to Us? | Isaiah 3 is God's warning to Israel about the disaster that is coming for them because of what they are doing because they have turned away from God. God speaks about some specific things they are doing. We are doing the same things now in our society. Is this message also for us? (44:15) | 2024-10-25 2024-10-02 | ||
 Home Church | The first-century church was not like the modern church and the differences matter. The differences account for some of the problems found in the modern church. In this study we see where the Bible describes the first-century church and what it did at its meetings. (1:01:42) | 2024-10-21 2024-10-02 | ||
 Cremation and Christianity | There are many videos on this topic but there shouldn't be. The Bible is clear about what our new bodies will be and where they come from. Yet, many Christians persist in believing their dead bodies must be preserved. We look at the two sources for this idea, what the Bible says about our new bodies, and we show that, with just a little thought we can see the flaws in the idea that we need to preserve our physical bodies. (22:00) | 2024-10-03 2024-09-13 | ||
 Does God Create People To Send Them To Eternal Torment | A question from YouTube is a question that the Apostle Paul answered long ago. Is God doing evil to create people whom he knows are destined for Eternal Torment? At the time of the creation of Adam, God knew everyone who would be born and what they would do. God made all kinds of people, good, bad, and in between. Is God doing evil to judge the evil people, when he created them the way they are? (32:10) | 2024-10-03 2024-09-13 | ||
 Versers | Too many people understand each topic in the Bible through a single verse. They choose a verse that makes sense to them and a translation that says it the way they want to hear it and that becomes their definitive verse on the topic. We must not understand the Bible that way. We need to understand concepts, not verses. Concepts are built up from all that the Bible says on a topic. (24:11) | 2024-09-16 2024-09-06 | ||
 The 800-Pound Gorilla Makes Us Stronger | As a church, our beliefs and practices are far from those of the Protestant churches. There are vastly more of them than there are of us, making them the 800-pound gorilla. If we talk about our church, the question comes naturally, 'what does your church believe?' and we know the question after that will be, 'why?'. In order to respond, we must know much more, not just about those differences, but about everything in the Bible. This makes us stronger. This extra work and learning is not for everyone, however, and some have turned away. (10:09) | 2024-09-11 2024-09-06 | ||
 Hyper-Nice Jesus | Some people try to present Jesus as someone who wouldn't offend anyone. That is not how the Bible presents him. The Bible does not say 'love does not offend' and the Golden Rule cannot be used to say 'do not offend.' Jesus said many things that his listeners found offensive. He even rebuked them directly and taught his disciples to do the same. (24:48) | 2024-09-11 2024-09-06 | ||
 The Nations Will Look | In Revelation, the Bible says there will be a time when all the nations will be able to look at an event that happens in Jerusalem. In our time we say, 'so what, big deal' but when Revelation was written such a thing was inconceivable. Yet the Bible declares it, and other things as well. There is a God. (15:59) | 2024-09-10 2024-09-06 | ||
 How A Building Changes A Church | In previous lessons, I've talked about reasons why the church has been so weak. This lesson continues that theme but asks a different question. Do our buildings make us weak? Mixed with some western culture influences do our views on a church building change us into something we aren't supposed to be. (32:31) | 2024-09-05 2024-09-06 | ||
 Your Sin Stands | Jesus says some odd things to the blind man he has healed. In this study we find many different things to pull from what he says and we understand what he means when he tells the Pharisees, 'Your Sin Stands.' (21:32) | 2024-09-05 2024-09-01 | ||
 Women in the Church | A careful analysis of the full context of the verses shows us what Paul means when he speaks about the role of women in the church. Most analysis of the verses is superficial and results in the wrong understanding. (50:46) | 2024-08-06 2022-12-01 | ||
 How Many Strikes Until You Are Out? | No one teaches how many sins it takes before you are kicked out of the Kingdom of Heaven, but everyone wants and needs to know. The answer is in the Bible but many people can't see it. It's not about the number but about the heart behind the sin. This verse-packed study explains it all. (1:16:21) | 2024-08-01 2024-07-21 | ||
 How Do I Find a Good Church? | A long YouTube video gives many factors to consider to choose the church that is best for you. People in the modern church forget to include the Holy Spirit in this or relegates him to a rubber stamp for the decision. What if it isn't about you? What if God wants you to be a shining light in a bad church? How should we find the church where the Spirit wants us to be? (11:10) | 2024-07-20 2024-07-14 | ||
| Project 2025 and the Sabbath | Project 2025 is a document that describes a plan for changes in the US. Normally such a plane would be only economic and political, but this time it strays into religion as it proposes a Sabbath regulation. | 2024-07-20 2024-07-14 | ||
| Is God Acting in the U.S.A.? | In the past, when people went against what God was doing, they experienced blow-back, a spectacular fail where, not only did their plan not work, but it blew up in their faces. We are seeing that happen with attacks on former President Trump now. We have to wonder if God is acting and, if so, what is going on. | 2024-07-20 2024-07-14 | ||
 Destroying Canaanites | Some things God does are difficult for us and can be a problem for people who are not rooted in God. This study looks at one case where God orders the killing of the Canaanites. We see it was God's plan to destroy them once they became sinful enough. Still this shocks us and we will look at that. (17:02) | 2024-07-13 2024-07-07 | ||
 Why Doesn't God Forgive Satan? | This question appears in many forms on YouTube but the answer given isn't as good or complete as it should be. First, we look at what the Bible says is necessary for forgiveness. Given this understanding, we can answer the question about Satan and other questions. (39:29) | 2024-07-13 2024-07-07 | ||
 You Are Gods | Jesus quoted Psalm 82 to say that God said men are gods. Many people misunderstand that and others are trying to shut them down by interpreting those words in particular ways. This study digs into those verses to see what they say and understand what Jesus meant by that. (45:28) | 2024-07-06 2024-06-30 | ||
| Choosing Sides | Someone has collected the theological views on the place of homosexuals in the church and assigned them the letters A, B, X, and Y. This terminology is now being used in Christian circles. This short study looks at these views and assesses them. | 2024-07-06 2024-06-30 | ||
| Touching Anything | We look at a misunderstanding of the Bible and the unbiblical practices of The 700 Club. From early on, this organization drew criticism for its false prophecies, for giving a podium to false prophets, and for its fundraising. It does do some good but that is mixed with much that is bad. It also tends to draw people into the club in a cultish way. | 2024-06-29 2024-06-23 | ||
| Sabbath by the Verse | My Bible app delivers daily verses. It began delivering a sequence of verses about the Sabbath. That was odd because most denominations have no interest in that topic. That sequence became the basis for this study. | 2024-06-29 2024-06-23 | ||
| The Promise of Reward for Faithful Service | As followers of Yeshua, we are called to walk in obedience and devotion, knowing that our labor in the Lord is never in vain. Today we're going to explore the rich blessings that await those who remain steadfast in their service to GOD. | 2024-06-22 | ||
| United Methodist Church | The United Methodist Church is disuniting. Liberals have slipped into the church unseen and have now changed the doctrine of the church. We look at what changed, the consequences of that, and then how that process happens in all organizations. | 2024-06-08 2024-06-02 | ||
 Led by the Spirit - An Exercise Book | In the hope of spiritually strengthening the weak modern church, I've created an online exercise book. It is based on
parables from the Bible but uses them to train instead of the way Jesus used them - to filter out the spiritually weak.
I hope you will put in the effort to work through as much of the book as you can. (21:13) English: https://trueheartofworship.org/Lessons/2024-06-06 LedByTheSpirit/LedByTheSpirit.html Spanish: https://trueheartofworship.org/Lessons/2024-06-06 LedByTheSpirit/LedByTheSpiritS.html | 2024-06-08 2024-06-06 | ||
.jpg) Wisdom For Today's Leaders (Pt. 2) | Want to be a better leader? Or maybe just a better person? Who would you consult for such wisdom? Well, Solomon, of course. Taken from a booklet of the same name, this lesson works through some of the proverbs associated with Self-control, one of the groupings in this booklet. (42:27) | 2024-06-01 2024-05-19 | ||
 Wisdom For Today's Leaders | Want to be a better leader? Or maybe just a better person? Who would you consult for such wisdom? Well, Solomon, of course. Taken from a booklet of the same name, this lesson works through some of the proverbs associated with Self-control, one of the groupings in this booklet. (18:28) | 2024-05-25 2024-05-19 | ||
 Why Does Clean Matter? | In the Old Testament, God said it was very important for his people to be clean. He was referring to a cleanness that was different from getting mud on your hands - a cleanness that we do not experience. Because we cannot see, hear, smell, touch, or taste this uncleanness, what does it matter to us if we are clean or unclean. But it matters to God. Why? (11:39) | 2024-05-25 2024-05-19 | ||
 Where Did Elijah Go? | After Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind, where did he go from there? You might think the answer is either Heaven or nowhere, but he has appeared in places since then and will appear again. We'll look at these and expand on various aspects of them. (51:45) | 2024-05-18 2024-05-12 | ||
 Born Again | Are you born again? What does it even mean to be born again? Even the people who should be able to answer that don't have good complete answers. In this study we begin with Jesus telling Nicodemus he must be born again, and then we do a first level breakdown of the meaning. We carry on from there using other verses. (46:20) | 2024-05-11 2024-05-05 | ||
 Leftist Regrets | It's unusual for leftists to admit that their attempts to engineer a Utopian society have instead produced a mess, but some do. In this short study we look at one such person who admits it didn't work out the way he expected and that he didn't have the foresight to see what would happen. (16:06) | 2024-04-27 2024-04-21 | ||
| 'How to Know ...' | In this look at conversion, as Calvinists think of it, we see that the result is commonly a person who constantly asks 'How can I know ...' but never finds the answer satisfying. How can I know if I am saved? How can I know if I am going to Heaven? These are the questions of a faithless person. | 2024-04-20 2024-04-14 | ||
| Homosexuality and the Church | Many churches are legitimizing homosexuality by allowing homosexuals to enter by referring to them as non-practicing. This study looks at the false idea behind this and also digs into whether God accepts non-practicing homosexuality. | 2024-04-20 2024-04-14 | ||
 Job!?! A Prophet!?! | We expect prophecy in the Bible books written by prophets but we don't expect it in the other books. We look at an example from Job, where prophecy wouldn't be expected. In that passage Job is going along like he does but then it changes as though someone else was speaking and a prophecy begins. (11:33) | 2024-04-13 2024-04-07 | ||
| Detecting Viewpoints | This study encourages the listener to be careful who they listen to and what they read. The Bible calls on us to 'test everything'. We look at a two sentence FaceBook post. At first glance, it sounds very nice about the Bible, but then we notice there are odd things about it. Once we've analyzed it, we can see it is not at all Biblical. | 2024-04-13 2024-04-07 | ||
| Recognizing Evil Early | In this short study, we look at the importance of recognizing evil as evil, even when it is so small that many would say 'ignore it'. Sometimes those little things indicate a problem that must be dealt with before it becomes a raging monster. | 2024-04-06 2024-03-31 | ||
| Twisting Sabbatismos | The Greek word Sabbatismos is used only once in the Bible. It isn't clear what is meant by that word. Therefore it is a place where people can twist the meaning. In this case the goal is eliminating Sabbath keeping for Christians. In this study, we'll look at a theologian who does such twisting and see how he does what he does. | 2024-04-06 2024-03-31 | ||
| Empty Words Everywhere | We live in a society where truth had become less important than feelings. We find people and organizations trying to make us feel one way or another. Looking carefully, we see that their actions don't line up with their words. That can change us, make us hard and cynical. Instead God wants us to be watchful and shrewd. | 2024-04-06 2024-03-31 | ||
 Bible Text Tampering | Because of the differences between the Greek Bible manuscripts, we know that changes were made. We can see that the vast number of changes were trivial and even sometimes unintentional. Some weren't. In this study, we see an example where someone tried to insert trinity doctrine. Sometime later, people saw what had been done and ripped out the changes the best they could. (21:02) | 2024-03-30 2024-03-24 | ||
| Nazi Book Burnings | Like most people, I had never even thought to ask what books the Nazis were burning and why. Liberals have certainly told us how terrible it was for these books to be burned, but they never say what the books were. We'll look at the answers to those questions through the lens of the burning of books that happened in Ephesus as recorded in the Bible. | 2024-03-30 2024-03-24 | ||
 What is Esther About? | Most people think the book of Esther is about a young Jewish woman who is faithful to God and thereby saves her people. By looking at the history of her people and the text of the story, we see that the book is about something more than that. (33:40) | 2024-03-23 2024-03-17 | ||
| Christian Nationalism | Christian Nationalism is being talked about in some circles. Some people are claiming to be Christian Nationalists. The problem is that there is no single definition of what it is. We look at the most basic definition of the term and ask the question - Is this a Biblical idea? | 2024-03-23 2024-03-17 | ||
| Riley Gaines | A top level swimmer and Christian, Riley Gaines has been forced into a situation where she needs to fight against the Woke movement that plagues society. In this clip from an interview she gave, we get to see the insanity and injustice she deals with. | 2024-03-16 2024-03-10 | ||
 Judges 19 | In one of the most horrific stories of the Bible, we see information that helps us to understand what is happening. We also see that some stories have no heroes. Instead they are people caught with no good choices, yet this is God working out his plan. (43:15) | 2024-03-16 2024-03-10 | ||
| You Eat Other Animals? | The world sees mankind as one of many other animals but we do not. The world looks at only the bones, muscles and sinews and says we are only animals. The truth can be seen without relying on the Bible. In this study we look at some differences we can see that confirm for us that the Bible is true and it was written by God. | 2024-03-09 2024-03-03 | ||
| Slavery, the Church, and the Civil War | This lesson is not about slavery. The real point is that there are many times when the church has decided to go with the flow instead of teaching God's word. Slavery is an example where the church is still failing. | 2024-03-02 2024-02-25 | ||
| Five Solas | From its fight with the Roman Catholic Church, the Protestant reformers produced 5 statements about the faith. These 'only' (latin 'sola') statements were boundaries that had been crossed by that church. In this study we look at those, what they mean, what the Catholic church was doing, and how Protestant churches have applied them. | 2024-03-02 2024-02-25 | ||
| Telekinesis? | A news story author used the word 'telekinesis' to refer to what was being done by Elon Musk's Neuralink. In saying that, he captured the essence of the real question. What drives us ... what is guiding us to build the technology we choose to build? Looking at the history of what mankind has created, a pattern emerges. | 2024-02-24 2024-02-18 | ||
| Don't Badger God | A well known preacher said we shouldn't badger God, but the Bible says we should be persistent in prayer. Is that preacher wrong or is he saying something different? | 2024-02-24 2024-02-18 | ||
| "7 Best Study Bibles" | With the leaders in our churches promoting each others books and describing them as ways to know the scripture deeper, are we being led away from relying on the Holy Spirit to guide us? | 2024-02-24 2024-02-18 | ||
| Legacy Standard Bible | If you are looking for a Bible that is a very literal, word-for-word, translation, there is a new Bible. It is based on the New American Standard Bible (NASB), which was already considered one of the most literal. The LSB is even more so. | 2024-02-24 2024-02-18 | ||
| Forgiveness After Death? | Is there forgiveness after death? Most people would say no but the Bible hints that certain things can be forgiven then. We look at the verses behind this idea and try to answer some important questions. | 2024-02-17 2024-02-11 | ||
| False Prophets | This study looks at the false prophets of the Old Testament and a few from our own time. The focus is on what motivates them to be false prophets, with the purpose of being sure we don't fall into the same ideas. | 2024-02-17 2024-02-11 | ||
| He Gets Us | Who is that group that places the Christian ads on the Super Bowl game? Where did they get the money to do that? What doctrine are they teaching? We'll see why they are hiding these the answers to these questions and what agenda they are serving. | 2024-02-17 2024-02-11 | ||
| Cleaning Woke | There is an effort going around to cleanup 'Woke' so it can be usable again. It relies on the idea that we now use the word 'woke' when we mean intersectionality. It begins with a question and then a claim that Woke was something good that has gotten bad press. | 2024-02-10 2024-02-04 | ||
| Truth | There is one indescribably large truth for all time and that truth is God. Adam and Eve knew that truth and walked in that truth. After their sin, they could no longer grasp that truth, as we also cannot. | 2024-02-10 2024-02-04 | ||
| Satanism | In this short look at Satanism, we find that Satanism isn't what we thought it was. It isn't really a religion, at all. What we thought was Satanism, is really just mocking of Christianity. | 2024-02-10 2024-02-04 | ||
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Road to Feminism | Based on a large number of YouTube videos on this topic, we see that Feminism, plus other factors, have caused an unexpected consequence. Women were told they could have a career, live a sexually free lifestyle, and then get married. Having done that, they are discovering that men will not marry them. | 2024-02-03 2023-01-28 | ||
| Peter's Other Sermon | Peter heals a crippled man at the temple, which quickly gains him an audience and an opportunity to preach. In this third part of series on the sermons in the New Testament, we dig into what Peter says and we also find that there are common elements to all of the sermons. | 2024-01-27 2023-01-21 | ||
 After Death | In this annual topic, we look at only the question of where do we go when we die. Most Christians believe they will go to Heaven forever when they die and the sinners will go to Hell forever. We look at the many reasons why this cannot be true. We also look at the many verses that do say where we go. | 2024-01-20 2023-01-14 | ||
| Training Church Leadership | Some recent lessons and sermons have talked about why the church is failing and the reasons. In this study, we look at another possible reason - the way church leaders are trained and how that training affects them and the people in the church they will pastor. | 2024-01-13 2023-01-07 | ||
| Living Stones | In this, the third part of the 1st Peter study, Peter uses much the same pattern we have seen him use. Here he speaks of God making Jesus a living stone and how we are also living stones. After explaining what that means for us, Peter asks his implicit question, how should we respond to that. | 2024-01-06 2023-12-30 | ||
| Last Days / Last Times / End Times / Last Day | The Bible uses these phrases to refer to what we call the end-times period. Do they mean different things or are they only different words for the same thing? | 2024-01-06 2023-12-30 | ||
| Pry It From My Cold Dead Fingers | The title reflects the idea of dying before you would give something up. That should be true of Christians holding on to Bible truths. It is also true of some who are holding onto traditional beliefs and un-Biblical ideas. We look at how there are two islands of Christians, those who have a death grip on the wrong things and those who cling to the right. | 2024-01-06 2023-12-30 | ||
 The Four Horsemen | The story behind the Four Horsemen of Revelation, is not what most people think. It is about God's last effort to call his people to him and how that effort is less than successful, leaving a church that is failing to grow its spiritually young to maturity. | 2023-12-30 2023-12-24 | ||
| Blessed to Have Impartial Judgement | Continuing from the previous lesson on 1 Peter, we see Peter using the same technique as before. He introduce a Blessed attribute of God, then describes the great things God has done for us, then asks, "How should we respond to that?". In both cases the answer is, "Be holy as God is holy". In this lesson, the blessed attribute of God is impartial judgement. | 2023-12-23 2023-12-17 | ||
| Saying the Grace | Almost every English speaking Christian uses the phrase, "saying the grace", but what does that mean? | 2023-12-23 2023-12-17 | ||
| The True Grace of God | In this study of 1 Peter 1:3-15, Peter describes how God had pity on mankind, who were dead in their sins. Instead of the destiny we deserved, he made it possible for us to have eternal life, not just a step up from the bottom, but right to the top. He says this eternal life comes when Jesus returns - but that causes a problem with what most churches teach. | 2023-12-16 2023-12-10 | ||
| The Spirit Inactive | We detail the answers to two questions from the previous study, "Why haven't I heard that the Spirit would become inactive?" and "Who are the 144,000?". In the previous study, we looked at the events described in Revelation, but without referring to the verses. This time we dig into the verses for these two questions. | 2023-12-09 2023-12-02 | ||
| The Sun Will Be Darkened | Continuing from the previous study, we look at Joel 2 through Paul's Sermon in Acts 2. In this study, though, we look at what Joel said about the end of the end-times, particularly the sun becoming dark. We see there are many verses that say this and some indicate when they happen in time ... different times. | 2023-12-02 2023-11-26 | ||
| Peter's Pentecost Preaching | On Pentecost, Peter preached a sermon, after receiving the Holy Spirit. In this study, we look at what information he used and his argument for the Jews who were his audience. Then we compare his sermon with the sermon Paul preached to the Greeks in Athens, which we covered in a previous lesson. | 2023-12-02 2023-11-26 | ||
| Shiny Happy People | An angel tells Daniel of a future time when the angel Michael will intervene to save Israel and when those written in the book of life will rise and shine. We dig into the first 3 verses of Daniel 12 to understand what the angel is talking about. | 2023-11-25 2023-11-19 | ||
| The Temptation of Jesus | The temptation is a spiritual battle between two heavy-weights (relative to us), Jesus, the Word of God as a man, and Satan, formerly one of the highest angels. It is also similar to the temptation of Eve. In this study we dig into what Satan is trying to do and what Jesus means by his answers. | 2023-11-25 2023-11-19 | ||
| Evaluating Ideas | With so many false teachers around, it is critical for us to develop the practice of thinking Biblically and responding Biblically to all the teaching we hear. We also need to check the teachings we hear to see what it is that is attracting us to them. Are they calling to a weakness in us or are they the truth of God? | 2023-11-18 2023-11-12 | ||
| Lying and the Police | Our police have been given the authority to lie and deceive without prosecution. This has turned out to be a big disaster, with large lawsuits and jail time for some. There are 2 important lessons we can take away from this. | 2023-11-11 2023-11-04 | ||
| Some Will Not Partake of Death | Jesus says something odd - some of the people he is speaking to will not partake (taste) of death before they will see the Kingdom of God. This confuses many people. | 2023-11-11 2023-11-04 | ||
| Which Feasts Do We Observe? | The CoG7 churches and some others consider God's feast days to be important, but are we supposed to observe them? or which ones are we supposed to observe. | 2023-11-11 2023-11-04 | ||
| Growing Antisemitism and the End-Times | The current war between Hamas, Hezbollah, and Israel has brought into focus how antisemitic our country and the world have become. This to be expected because the Bible says the world will do evil things to Israel late in the end-times. | 2023-11-11 2023-11-04 | ||
| 5th Commandment | There is more to the 5th Commandment than many people think. When we dive into it, we find that it is not just about a child and it's parents. It is about all the relationships we have in our lives and how we see our place within those. | 2023-11-04 2023-10-28 | ||
| Is God Concerned With Animals? | There are verses in the Bible that describe things we shouldn't do to animals. Does that mean God is concerned about the welfare of animals? Paul addresses this directly, using one of these verses. We look at what Paul says and we look at two other examples from the Bible. | 2023-10-28 2023-10-21 | ||
| A Meaningful Life | Is there meaning in life? Is there some point to all of this? The world is looking in the wrong place. Solomon tells us that all the things the world chases after do not give meaning to life ... and he tells us what does. | 2023-10-21 2023-10-18 | ||
| The Sermon on the Arios-Pagos | Paul gave a sermon to a group of people in Athens named after a rock hill called Arios-Pagos. In this study we dig into his sermon and why the Holy Spirit had him deliver those topics to those people. We also take that as a guide for us when we speak to people about Jesus. | 2023-10-14 2023-10-07 | ||
 Perfect | The Bible uses the word 'Perfect' in 3 ways to refer to believers. Unfortunately, sometimes it uses the different ways within the same context. That can confuse people. This message describes the 3 ways and shows verses that use it in each way. (24:28) | 2023-10-14 2023-10-07 | ||
| Like the World | Churches and Christians need to inspect themselves to see if they are still on the path. Failing to do this can result in us drifting away, unaware that there is a problem. As we build up the bad practices, beliefs, ideas, and sayings, we can get to a place where we stop growing. We need to get rid of bad things that contradict the good things God wants to lead us to. This message looks at a Protestant church as an example of bad practices and beliefs that have built up. | 2023-10-07 2023-09-30 | ||
 From the Outside | Just as it is hard to see the inside of a house through a window, so is Christianity to those on the outside. If they will not get close to the window and cup their hands around their eyes, they will never see. Instead they will pick out some shiny objects they like, mix in shiny objects from other religions, and create a religion of their own. That may comfort them until the end … but then comes the truth. (51:47) | 2023-09-23 2023-09-17 | ||
 The Fall Feasts | God describes the feasts of his appointed days in Leviticus 23. In this study we look at the feasts that come in the fall. We see that Christians came to understand that all the feasts were prophetic. The Spring Feasts spoke of the major events in Jesus First coming and the Fall Feasts speak of the major events of his future second coming. (50:02) | 2023-09-16 2023-09-10 | ||
| 10 Commandments, But Which? | The Bible is clear that there are 10 commandments written on 2 tablets but it doesn't says which is the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, and it doesn't say which go on each tablet. As men read the text of the Ten Commandments, they invariably find only 9. That leaves them to come up with ways to get to 10 ... and there are a few ways. In doing so, they miss one of the commandments along with the depth and interconnection of all of them. | 2023-09-09 2023-09-03 | ||
| The Failure of Catholicism | What was it that caused the Church of Rome to become so infested with false teachings and to fall away so badly? I think there is one cause that explains a large number of problems. We talk about that and we show, from photographs, an example of what ideas from the Roman Religion look like when they get into Roman Catholic Christianity. | 2023-09-09 2023-09-03 | ||
 Apostolic Succession | Protestants know little or nothing about Apostolic Succession but it was very important to the emerging Roman Catholic Church and still is. For them, it was necessary to make their claim that they should be the church over churches and rule the Christian world. (20:20) | 2023-09-09 2023-09-03 | ||
| Alive in Jesus! | Dead to sin and slavery ... are you awake in Him or are you part of the walking dead? | 2023-08-19 2023-08-19 | ||
 It Wasn't Me | Shaggy based a song on denying the wrongs you had done but we are more interested in the spiritual realm. Paul talks about the sin inside of us sometimes capturing us and doing things we didn't want to do. Paul says he didn't understand why he couldn't always keep the law when he was under the Old Covenant. Now he understands why and although that is still the case, he says ... it wasn't me. (15:47) | 2023-08-12 2023-08-11 | ||
| Jewish Holidays 2023 | We look at the Jewish holidays (Holy Days) as described by a Jewish source to see what they all are. But we are more concerned about the mixing that has gone on between God's Holy Days and the man-made holy days. We see that man-made observances have crept into God's days and that it is difficult to tell which are God's and man's. | 2023-08-12 2023-07-08 | ||
| How to Ignore God's Word | We can be very good at ignoring God's Word and not even realize it. Sometimes we even think we are doing a good thing. Other people are doing it very intentionally - to deceive. This study cover 5 ways that people ignore God's Word. the hope is not that you will become better at that, but that you will become better at recognizing it. | 2023-08-05 2023-07-31 | ||
.jpg) Ending the Apostolic Age (Pt. 2) | We look at the time when the Apostles were alive, the spiritual gifts they wielded, and what became of those gifts. The church of that time was very different, due to having people around with such gifts. Now it is just us and God. Then there were people with authority and power. (53:57) | 2023-08-05 2023-07-24 | ||
 Ending the Apostolic Age | We look at the time when the Apostles were alive, the spiritual gifts they wielded, and what became of those gifts. The church of that time was very different, due to having people around with such gifts. Now it is just us and God. Then there were people with authority and power. (49:35) | 2023-07-29 2023-07-24 | ||
 The Biblical View of Reparation for Slavery | Reparations are a hot topic right now. This study looks at the Biblical view of enslavement, slavery, and reparations. The Bible does discuss these topics and even gives us a great example of reparations. (44:13) | 2023-07-22 2023-07-15 | ||
| John Lennon on Christianity | One of the Beatles, John Lennon, stirred up a giant controversy. He was talking about the decline of Christianity and said society was then at the point where the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. He was forced to explain (apologize, sort of). In this study we go in depth about what John had been trying to say and the other things he said about Christianity. | 2023-07-22 2023-07-15 | ||
 Guilt By Tacit Approval | Jesus attacks the Scribes and Pharisees for building tombs for the prophets. In our time, it is hard to understand what the problem is there. Moreover, Jesus says the bill for the deaths of the righteous from the time of Abel to his current time is going to be paid by them. How does that make sense? (37:11) | 2023-07-15 2023-07-08 | ||
 Hyper-Grace | Hyper-grace is the idea that God's grace covers every kind of future sin, from the smallest to the largest. Paul and other apostles had to deal with two different forms of Hyper-grace in his time, so the Bible deals with this topic very clearly in many places. (38:40) | 2023-07-08 2023-07-04 | ||
 Sometimes, Grace is a Thorn | We tend to think that God's grace will always mean good things, or at least an avoidance of bad things, but sometimes grace comes in a form we don't expect. In this short message, we look at Paul's "thorn" and find important insights into how we should look at the difficulties that come into our lives. (20:43) | 2023-07-01 2023-06-25 | ||
| What Is Satan's Game? | In this study we look at the trends in society and our understanding of God, Satan, and that the end-times is close, to get an idea of what Satan is doing. When we compare that with prophecy we see Satan is driving the world in a similar but different direction. He is doing that in an effort to make God a liar. That will fail because of the Holy Spirit's efforts and Satan will be left with only one plan, take as many with him as he can. | 2023-07-01 2023-06-25 | ||
| Sabbath Haters | This study looks at two groups, the group who hate the Sabbath and those who keep it and the group who hate those who hate the Sabbath. We look at a post written by a theological site to see how some Sabbath Keepers have represented themselves and to see why the author thinks the Sabbath is not for Christians. | 2023-06-24 2023-06-18 | ||
| Going to Hell for Being Gay? | How do we answer a question like 'Am I Going to Hell for Being Gay?'? Well, first we need to understand the question. Often there is more to it than just the words. Then we need to understand what the Bible says about who receives eternal punishment. This short study looks into that question but the answer applies to other questions as well. | 2023-06-24 2023-06-18 | ||
 Run For The Hills | Jesus warns of a time when the Jewish residents of Jerusalem will need to run for the hills. What is the cause of this? What is going on? This study answers those questions and more. (20:35) | 2023-06-17 2023-06-12 | ||
 A Cloud of Witnesses | The author of Hebrews speaks of a 'cloud of witnesses' like Abraham and the others mentioned in Hebrews 11. Many people don't understand what he means by that. This study answers that question and looks at similar verses where people, whose lives are good or bad testimonies, are used as witnesses. (15:18) | 2023-06-17 2023-06-12 | ||
| God's Creation Rest | This study analyses a video about the rest that God took after creation. The creators of that video do an excellent job of understanding the problem in the Bible's text but they make a mistake in understanding why there is a rest after creation. In this we see how careful we must be in everything we read and see to test it against the Bible. | 2023-06-10 2023-06-07 | ||
.jpg) Is The Bible Trustworthy? (Pt. 2) | In this study we look at Sumerian writings about Creation and the Flood. We see that the basic story is very close to what the Bible describes but the details are very different, sometimes even impossible. This similarity is used to try to discredit the Bible by saying the Bible contains a Sumerian myth and therefore the Bible is not the Word of God. (47:19) | 2023-06-03 2023-05-21 | ||
 Is The Bible Trustworthy? | In this study we look at two areas of criticism of the trustworthiness of the Bible: consistency with reality and textual changes. We look at God telling Job about constellations and asking some odd questions about them. We find that Job Is revealing knowledge that no man could have known until our time. We also look at the kinds of differences there are between the various Greek manuscripts of the Bible. We find there are many differences but none of them change theology. (43:51) | 2023-05-27 2023-05-21 | ||
| God Speaks | In this study, we look at God as a being who speaks to his people. First we look at the succession of General Revelations where God has revealed himself and his desires for mankind. Then we look at the many different ways in which God has done Special Revelations, where the message is intended for a small group or an individual. | 2023-05-20 2023-05-14 | ||
.jpg) The Beatitudes (Pt. 3) | We finish the last 3 Beatitudes and then work through the take-away thoughts and summaries. (28:12) | 2023-05-13 2023-04-23 | ||
.jpg) The Beatitudes (Pt. 2) | Having selected the correct understanding of the Beatitudes to study, we begin discussing each. Along the way, we learn there is more to mourning and mercy than we often think. We begin to see the message that Jesus is giving his disciples. (34:54) | 2023-05-06 2023-04-23 | ||
 The Beatitudes | There are two understandings of the Beatitudes and they have nothing in common. So, before we can study the Beatitudes, we need to know which is the correct way to understand what Jesus is saying in them. We will look at this using two techniques that you can use yourself to understand unclear parts of scripture. Then we begin looking at each of the Beatitudes. (37:18) | 2023-04-29 2023-04-23 | ||
| Enduring | Can you safely say with full confidence that you will endure until the very end? The Bible says that there will be a great falling away towards the end. We are witnesses of this happening today. Churches are watering down the message so that they can attract more people. But God has never been about the quantity of people but of the quality of people. We focus on the Galatian Church in this study. Hopefully, we can avoid the things that made the Galatian Church fall away. | 2023-04-22 | ||
 Walking in the Spirit | Something is very wrong with the church and has been for a long time. Instead of looking for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, many Christians are doing things and involved in things where they should not be. Why is it this way? Has the church failed to grow it's people. What's happening? (49:00) | 2023-04-15 2023-04-09 | ||
 The Mind of God | The Bible tells us that God knows the future but sometimes the Bible also says things that make it sound like God does not. This study looks at some cases where this occurs and it focuses on understanding what it means to be God and know the future. That helps to keep us from making the mistake of thinking that God is like us and, therefore, to understand those passages. (42:13) | 2023-04-08 2023-04-02 | ||
| ¢ommerce on the $abbath | Buying goods and services on the Sabbath doesn't seem like work. So, many Sabbath Keepers want to be able to go shopping or to restaurants on Saturday, just like other people do. In this study we look at what the Bible says about buying, selling, and work on the Sabbath and the temptations to find ways around the Sabbath to do what we want. We also look at the practical realities of the society that we live in. | 2023-04-01 2023-03-27 | ||
 Bitterness on Your Plate | The Passover includes bitter herbs. But why? In this study we see bitterness as the danger it is and understand why it was a warning at the first Passover and continues still. We'll look at Bible examples of bitterness, see warnings from the Apostles, and look at how to handle it. (41:14) | 2023-03-25 2023-03-20 | ||
 Euphrates - Breaking Out | The Euphrates river is referred to twice in the New Testament, both times in Revelation. In the first case it refers to an event that leads to the destruction of 1/3 of the population of the earth in a nuclear war. It turns out, this is God's plan to whip some sense into the people who remain - to show them their evil ways, so they will turn to him. (23:39) | 2023-03-18 2023-03-12 | ||
 Euphrates - Dried Up | The Euphrates river is referred to twice in the New Testament, both times in Revelation. In the second case it refers to the great river drying up, which it is currently doing. In this study we see that this occurs by God's will so that his enemies can be gathered together to unwelcome Jesus at his arrival. (25:16) | 2023-03-18 2023-03-12 | ||
| History of Passover | Passover has been through many changes since God created it in Exodus 12. In this study, we look at what Passover was at first and all the changes that have been made to it, by God and man. | 2023-03-11 2023-03-05 | ||
| ChatGPT | ChatGPT is all the rage right now. It is an AI (Artificial Intelligence) program that you can converse with as though it was a person. This study looks mostly at what ChatGPT knows of the Bible and how it deals with questions about the Bible. | 2023-03-04 2023-02-26 | ||
.jpg) Zipporah (Pt. 2) | Now that we understand who Zipporah is, we can follow through the rest of the story and make sense of it. We see that God has been planning to fix a problem for some time. Finally all the pieces are together and a little push makes it happen. (30:07) | 2023-02-25 2023-02-05 | ||
 Zipporah | The story of Zipporah, wife of Moses, is a wonderful story, once it is understood. Very few people understand it, though, because it requires a lot of other understanding. Fortunately, God provided a key. Once we understand that and accept it, we can work out the rest. (30:31) | 2023-02-18 2023-02-05 | ||
 Did Apostles Have Wives? | In this short study, we answer a question that plagues Christianity because some churches insist that their clergy be celibate. (14:36) | 2023-02-18 2023-02-12 | ||
 Break One, Break Them All | In this very short study, we look at James expressing the idea that there is a unity to the law such that breaking one law, is breaking all laws. (9:35) | 2023-02-11 2023-02-05 | ||
 Fishers of Men | In this short study, we look at the Fishers of Men set of parables and the risk we take when we try to extend them. Then we look at how Revelation extends that parable and how that helps us understand more of what Revelation describes. (25:18) | 2023-02-11 2023-02-05 | ||
| Circumcision and Moses | The focus of this short message is on Moses and Zipporah and the incident where God sought to kill Moses. To understand that, we need to go back to birth and the impurity and circumcision that result from it. After completing that and discussing the incident, we look at whether that impurity and purification applies to Christians. | 2023-02-11 2023-02-05 | ||
.jpg) The Forbidden Chapter (Pt. 3) | Isaiah 53 is essentially a forbidden chapter for Jews. Because it describes Jesus so closely, it has caused them a lot of trouble. Thus they have reinterpreted that prophecy. In this study, we look at Isaiah 53 in the light of how New Testament authors use quotes from it and the modern understanding. (36:13) | 2023-02-04 2023-01-15 | ||
.jpg) The Forbidden Chapter (Pt. 2) | Isaiah 53 is essentially a forbidden chapter for Jews. Because it describes Jesus so closely, it has caused them a lot of trouble. Thus they have reinterpreted that prophecy. In this study, we look at Isaiah 53 in the light of how New Testament authors use quotes from it and how the Jewish Sage (wise rabbi) Rambam understood it and the modern understanding. (43:17) | 2023-01-28 2023-01-15 | ||
 The Forbidden Chapter | Isaiah 53 is essentially a forbidden chapter for Jews. Because it describes Jesus so closely, it has caused them a lot of trouble. Thus they have reinterpreted that prophecy. In this study, we look at Isaiah 53 in the light of how New Testament authors use quotes from it and how the Jewish Sage (wise rabbi) Rambam understood it and the modern understanding. (30:55) | 2023-01-21 2023-01-15 | ||
| After Death (Pt. 2) | In this part, we look at the CoG7 view that, when people die, nothing survives. It also holds that, on judgment day, people are painlessly annihilated. Using Bible verses, we see that there is a spirit that continues on. We also see that the final judgments are ongoing and not annihilation. Finally we explore the question, 'What is it like to be a spirit in Sheol?'. | 2023-01-14 2018-01-08 | ||
| After Death | In this part, we look at the traditional view that, when people die, they are judged immediately and go to either Heaven or Hell forever. Using Bible verses, we point out various problems with that view and adjust the view accordingly. When we are done that, we have the biblical view, but it is nothing like the traditional view. | 2023-01-07 2018-01-08 | ||
| Understanding Parables | Parables were used by Jesus to hide messages from Scribes and Pharisees and also from people who did not have any spiritual understanding. The technique used to create a parable from a message is the same one used in prophecy, especially Revelation, the giant parable. Therefore it is valuable to understand how parables work and how to find the hidden meaning of the parable. It is also a good test of our spiritual understanding. We work our way through the parable of the Prodigal Son as an example. | 2022-12-31 2022-12-25 | ||
.jpg) Satan (Pt. 3) | This study looks at many questions about Satan. In this part, we deal with his destiny, which comes in stages, and why he persists. He does continue on so it seems he must believe there is value in trying. It turns out that he has some plans. (48:03) | 2022-12-24 2016-11-13 | ||
.jpg) Satan (Pt. 2) | This study looks at many questions about Satan. In this part, we deal with how he works as destroyer, adversary, deceiver, and accuser. We also look at an interesting question. Could Satan repent and be forgiven? (37:17) | 2022-12-17 2016-11-13 | ||
 Satan | This study looks at many questions about Satan. In this first part, we deal with the questions of what and who he is? We see that he had a good start. Then we spend most of the time answering how he became the way he is now? (30:57) | 2022-12-10 2016-11-13 | ||
 What You Don't Know About Noah | We all know the story of Noah, the Ark and the Flood. In this study we'll look deeper at the story and see things that we may have missed. We'll also look at the New Testament references to Noah and the flood. (52:33) | 2022-12-03 2016-11-06 | ||
 Sarah Laughed | Sarah laughed when she was told she would have a son. Then, Abraham tried to get God not to destroy Sodom. What is going on here? In this study we look at why Sarah laughed and whether she was doubting and then lying. To do that we collect other information from the Bible that will help us understand. Then we look at why Abraham seems to be trying to protect Sodom and we discover there is a connection to Sarah and her son. (45:08) | 2022-11-26 2022-11-09 | ||
 Cross-Dressing | Cross-dressing is not about clothing - it's a spiritual problem. People who don't understand this try to figure out which clothes each gender should wear, when they need to be dealing with the real problem. We look at the root, which is covetousness, and how it is never satisfied and only grows, and we also look at some examples. (44:14) | 2022-11-19 2022-11-02 | ||
| 1 John (Pt. 4) | In this last part of the study we look at what John says about the love of God. We know God is love but he adds to that the idea that God and love are inseparable - we can't have love without God and if we have love, we have God. We also see John reshuffling his own John 3:16 verse to show that we owe a debt for the unearned love God showed us and that debt is to be paid to one another. We also see that love is tied to the end times. | 2022-11-12 2022-10-18 | ||
| 1 John (Pt. 3) | This part of the study looks at many things, including the more spiritual nature of of what John and others say about receiving what we ask from God. We also look at what Paul says about distinguishing between true and false spirits and how that relates to the end time, and more. | 2022-11-05 2022-10-18 | ||
| 1 John (Pt. 2) | This part of the study looks at many things, including the references John makes to the end time, second coming, and to the false Messiah of that time. We also look at and resolve the apparent contradictions John makes in describing sin. In the process we cover some of the most quoted verses in the Bible. | 2022-10-29 2022-10-18 | ||
| 1 John | A multi-part study of the 5 chapters of 1st John. This part provides background and context for understanding 1st John. Then it focuses on two aspect communion, where John explains who has communion with God and why, and commandments, where John explains the value in keeping the commandments. | 2022-10-22 2022-10-18 | ||
| CoG7 Church History | We look at the environment of the early church and how that motivated the founders. Then we spend most of the time looking at the early beliefs of the church and how those changed. | 2022-10-15 2022-10-11 | ||
| 3 Rests and a Lie | This study looks at 3 rests that should be a part of our lives and at a lie about the rests that is in the denomination. We know about the future eternal rest and the weekly Sabbath rest. Fewer people understand the present rest, or resting in Jesus, and the importance of it to everyday of our loves. Finally, with an understanding of these, we can deal with a false teaching about these rests. | 2022-10-08 2022-10-04 | ||
| Judging God (Pt. 2) | It's possible to judge God. When a person does this he makes himself greater than God and therefore the enemy of God. This study looks at the responses by a liberal to the first video in this series. This example helps to understand how liberal false teachings get into the church, how they are hard to get out, and why they are so strongly held. | 2022-10-01 2022-08-29 | ||
| Test Me, Lord, That I Might Know Myself | Sometimes we think we have mastery over some aspect of our lives. How do we know though? When the time comes will we really react in a Christian way? God tests us, not because he doesn't know the answer to the question, but so that we can know for ourselves where we are. | 2022-10-01 2022-09-25 | ||
| Who Are You? | Who do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see a reflection of the God Most High? Our Heavenly Father? Look harder, you were made for so much more than what you have become! Look and find you are a creation, made in His image! | 2022-09-17 | ||
| Take Off The Mask | Don't wear the mask of normalcy and demonic compliance, but instead put on the full armor of GOD! Don't acquiesce your given spiritual knowledge to the enemy, but take up your cross and fight! | 2022-09-10 | ||
| Judging God | It's possible to judge God. When a person does this he makes himself greater than God and therefore the enemy of God. This study looks at examples where people do this. It begins by finding something in the Bible God has said or done that you don't like. Maybe you don't say it that way because you know you shouldn't, but deep inside you've found fault with God. | 2022-09-03 2022-08-29 | ||
| What is the Gospel? | Most people have some idea what the gospel is. A few are wrong but most only understand part of it. That's because it is a very large thing and we are living in only one phase of it. In this study we look at many verses to understand as much as we can about the gospel. | 2022-08-27 2022-08-22 | ||
| Blasphemy!!! | What is blasphemy? Most people don't know. Some know part of it but not all. In this lesson we look at how the Bible defines it and the examples it gives us. | 2022-08-20 2022-08-15 | ||
| The Sixth Seal | The Sixth Seal from Revelation provides the background to understanding others things that will be going on at the time. These events are the kick-off for the end of the end-times. They also have consequences that we see appear later in Revelation. Paul and Jesus both spoke about these. | 2022-08-13 2022-08-08 | ||
 Head Coverings | Many people hate things Paul said. In most cases it is because they don't understand what Paul is saying. That is true of the topic of head coverings. In this study we look carefully at what he says about that and answer questions such as why Jesus is always shown with long hair and whether Jesus wore a head covering as modern Jews do. (53:47) | 2022-08-06 2012-12-30 | ||
| Israel Trip | Through many photographs, we travel through Israel and see the places we have read about so many times in the Bible. We can also make sense of other things we have read about in the Bible because we see the context in which the people lived. | 2022-07-30 2022-07-30 | ||
.jpg) Marriage (Pt. 2) | In this part we look at specific details of how the marriage covenant works in unusual situations. We look at what Jesus said about divorce, what Paul said about an unbeliever in a marriage becoming a believer, and other situations. It would be far better to avoid these situations than to have to go through them. (55:41) | 2022-07-23 2020-02-23 | ||
 Marriage | God created a covenant for couples who want to be together. Like any covenant, there are rules that govern it. In this study we look at the marriage covenant and how it works. Along the way, we discuss how people have tried to make it into what they want it to be. (51:49) | 2022-07-16 2020-02-23 | ||
| God is Just | Ezekiel tells us about a saying among the people of Israel that offends God. It implies God works in a way that would not be just. God explains that he does not assign the guilt for sins to anyone except the person who did them. Therefore fathers are not guilty of the sins of the sons nor the reverse. Also when someone turns away from God, the slate of their good deeds is wiped clean just as the slate of the sins of a sinner is wiped clean when he turns to God | 2022-07-09 2014-06-22 | ||
| The Unknown | The Bible tells us about the failures of many people of Jesus' time. There were some people, though, that got it. We hear very little about these success stories and we come to think that there weren't any. This study looks at some of these people and the surprising things that we see written about them. | 2022-07-02 2022-06-25 | ||
| The Sixth Trumpet (Pt. 2) | The book of Revelation presents a sequence of events as a sequence of trumpets. While much of Revelation is hard to understand, the events of the sixth trumpet period are not as hard. The third event is the measuring, by the Two Witnesses, of the Christians of that time. In this study we separate the literal nouns from the symbolic nouns. That allows us to know which parts are literal and to understand some of what the Bible says about what happens. | 2022-06-25 2022-06-18 | ||
| The Sixth Trumpet | The book of Revelation presents a sequence of events as a sequence of trumpets. While much of Revelation is hard to understand, the events of the sixth trumpet period are not as hard. The first event is the killing of 1/3 of the people on the earth. In this study we separate the literal nouns from the symbolic nouns. That allows us to know that this killing is literal and happens over a literal year, and to understand some of what the Bible says about how it happens. Then we choose the only possible method of killing that many people so quickly in our time and see if that fits all the facts and symbolic nouns. | 2022-06-17 2022-06-12 | ||
| Immoral Relationships | WARNING: ADULT TOPIC. Leviticus 18 is devoted to situations we should not be part of ... really, desires we should not be indulging. As we learn about these we also learn that translations matter and sometimes one can leave you confused or with a misunderstanding. | 2022-06-11 2022-06-09 | ||
| The People God Wants | God wants us to live a certain way and describes the normal rules. But God understand that there are times when the rules must be overridden or there is no rule for a special situation. Our response in these cases shows whether we are really his and know him well enough to make decisions without rules. | 2022-06-11 2022-06-09 | ||
| Christian, When It Matters | Most of the time it is easy to be a Christian. Sometimes, though, we find ourselves in situations where our will is directly opposed to God's word. At times like this, some people fail to think Biblically. This lesson looks at examples from leaders in the church who have failed to submit their will to God and the Bible verses they should have called on. | 2022-06-04 2022-05-30 | ||
| Yoked | The word 'yoked' is used many times in the Bible. For the people of Bible times, it was a part of their daily life. It isn't part of our daily lives though. We don't fully understand it. Therefore, we also don't always understand what the Bible is saying when it uses that word. In this lesson we cover a good selection of verses that use 'yoked' and what is meant. | 2022-05-28 2022-05-23 | ||
| Is It God's Word? | Is it possible that the Bible has been corrupted over thousands of years and is no longer God's word? We know it has been copied many times and translated. In this lesson we look at Bible translations and what has happened to the Bible. | 2022-05-21 2013-06-16 | ||
| What Color Was Jesus? | You've probably never thought about it, but Jesus had a skin color. Some people say that he was black. We can know and this lesson covers the answer from both a genetic and Biblical perspective. | 2022-05-14 2017-08-30 | ||
| Race / Skin Color | This lesson looks at race and especially skin color from both a genetic and Biblical perspective. We look at what makes one person's skin darker than another's and we look at how that came to be from both a Biblical and evolutionist perspective. Ultimately, we come to the conclusion that God doesn't care about bodily characteristics and neither should we. We are all one race. | 2022-05-14 2017-08-30 | ||
| What Is Jesus? | Why do churches believe what they do about what Jesus is, what he is to the Father and Holy Spirit? Is Jesus like the father or is he something different? It isn't plainly written in the Bible. This study covers the time in early Christianity when these matters were discussed and a majority opinion was determined. | 2022-05-07 2010-05-09 | ||
| Sophistry (Pt. 2 and 3) | Sophistry is the use of arguments based on a mistaken belief, especially with the intention of deceiving. This was a problem in Paul's time and remains one in our time. Especially with social media, Christians are faced with bad teachings that sound good. Paul has some good words for the Colossian church and for us. | 2022-04-30 2010-05-09 | ||
| Sophistry | Sophistry is the use of arguments based on a mistaken belief, especially with the intention of deceiving. This was a problem in Paul's time and remains one in our time. Especially with social media, Christians are faced with bad teachings that sound good. Paul has some good words for the Colossian church and for us. | 2022-04-23 2010-05-09 | ||
| Christians Are Just Like ... | Many times liberals will make statements about Christians or conservatives that sound like logical comparisons with evil people or groups. We fail to understand what they are communicating when they do this. They fail to understand the things we say as well. This short commentary discusses the reasons. | 2022-04-23 2022-04-22 | ||
| Passover: What, When, Why | Why don't we eat lamb? Why did Jesus observe Passover earlier than most people? This lesson explains these and other details about Passover. | 2022-04-09 2022-04-03 | ||
| Still Rejected | Jerusalem is destroyed but some Israelites have escaped capture and they plan to run to Egypt. They ask Jeremiah to ask God what they should do. Jeremiah's response indicates he doesn't believe they will accept God's counsel. Their response tries to assure him, they will. Part 1 of a series. Use the link at the end of the video to get to the next one | 2022-04-02 2022-03-06 | ||
| Ash, Lent, and Easter (Pt. 3) | Have you noticed in the Bible that they kept Passover, even in the New Testament? Have you wondered how on Earth we started from Passover and got to Easter, with its Ash Wednesday, Lent, and rabbits and chicks and eggs? In this series we will walk through history and look at each of the steps in that change. | 2022-03-26 2022-03-06 | ||
| Ash, Lent, and Easter (Pt. 2) | Have you noticed in the Bible that they kept Passover, even in the New Testament? Have you wondered how on Earth we started from Passover and got to Easter, with its Ash Wednesday, Lent, and rabbits and chicks and eggs? In this series we will walk through history and look at each of the steps in that change. | 2022-03-19 2022-03-06 | ||
| Ash, Lent, and Easter | Have you noticed in the Bible that they kept Passover, even in the New Testament? Have you wondered how on Earth we started from Passover and got to Easter, with its Ash Wednesday, Lent, and rabbits and chicks and eggs? In this series we will walk through history and look at each of the steps in that change. | 2022-03-12 2022-03-06 | ||
| Romans 13 - When Does it End? | Romans 13 says to obey the authorities and doesn't describe an exception to that, but we know there is one - God comes first. Even so, choosing when to ignore an authority is not a black and white decision. In this lesson we look at the Biblical principles for making that decision and talk through some example scenarios. | 2022-03-05 2022-03-01 | ||
| Call On The Name Of The Lord | What is the Name of the Lord and how do we call on it? It isn't Yahweh. When translated properly, this phrase should be 'Call on the name of Yahweh'. That doesn't mean 'Call Yahweh'. The name of Yahweh is God's nature or character, all that he has revealed to us about himself. How do we call on that? That's what this study is about. | 2022-02-26 2022-02-05 | ||
| The Holy Spirit | This lesson covers a range of topics related to the ways God uses to communicate with us. The focus is on the Bible's use of symbolism, specifically in referring to the Holy Spirit. We show the temple symbolizing a man and the Menorah within the mind of man, symbolizing the Holy Spirit. Then we look at more details of how the Menorah and Holy Spirit are described. | 2022-02-19 2022-02-05 | ||
| Warnings That Strengthen | Sometimes we are warned not do something and told the consequences of continuing. Sometimes, though, we are warned with the purpose of preparing and strengthening us for something we must go through. In this lesson we see God warning Paul about the things that will come in his future ... with the goal of preparing him to go through those things. | 2022-02-12 2022-01-17 | ||
| What Is Worship (pt. 2) | What is Worship? Do you worship, worship? Is your worship sincere and true? Are you worshiping GOD or are you worshiping idols and their music? Let's take a deeper look into understanding the nature of true GOD worship vs. fake entertainment worship. | 2022-02-05 2022-02-05 | ||
| The Three Big Questions | Have you ever wondered what God wants from you? Some people don't want to feel obligated to anyone or anything. But God created us for Himself and for a specific purpose. He endowed us with skills and abilities and fully expects a return on His investment. If we don't do what He wants us to do in this world, we will not only fail Him but fail ourselves. | 2022-01-29 2022-01-29 | ||
| What Is Worship (pt. 1) | What is Worship? Do you worship, worship? Is your worship sincere and true? Are you worshiping GOD or are you worshiping idols and their music? Let's take a deeper look into understanding the nature of true GOD worship vs. fake entertainment worship. | 2022-01-22 2022-01-22 | ||
| After Death | In this lesson we look at what happens after death. We start with the sequences of events experienced by believers and by unbelievers. Then we answer questions that people have and those questions bring out the Bible verses that support what we believe. | 2022-01-15 2018-01-08 | ||
| Walking on Water | Do we have the best understanding of the meaning behind Peter's attempted walk on water? There is a Charismatic view that is different from the traditional view ... and probably better. In this lesson we look at the two views. | 2022-01-08 2013-11-10 | ||
| Odds and Ends | In this lesson we discuss 4 or 5 topics that are each too small for a lesson. They are: Answering Merry Christmas, Isaiah's reference to old and young dying on the New Earth, Why Does God Allow Evil to Exist, and others. | 2022-01-01 2021-12-27 | ||
| Evolution and the Eye | The eye and the sense of vision that come from it are truly amazing, but the eye is a problem for the Theory of Evolution. In this lesson we discuss the complexity of the eye and how that is a problem for the idea that it resulted from random changes in the genetic code. | 2021-12-25 2014-07-13 | ||
| The Charismatic Church (Pt. 2) | In this short lesson we look at a particular problem in the Corinthian church, the role of women in the church. This question causes a lot of trouble in our time. Paul doesn't say what the Corinthian women were doing but gives the foundation to understand. | 2021-12-25 2021-12-14 | ||
| The Charismatic Church | The Charismatic Church's handling of the gifts of the Spirit is not very different from the Corinthian Church of the Bible ... before Paul corrected that church. We look at what Charismatic churches believe and the things that they do. And we ask whether the gifts were meant to be a permanent feature of Christianity or whether there purpose was completed. | 2021-12-18 2021-12-14 | ||
| The Road to Emmaus | In this lesson we take a detailed look at the story of the Road to Emmaus. We look at details such as what Jesus said about his body, what the Jews of that time expected of the Messiah they knew was due. There is more going on than meets the eye. | 2021-12-11 2015-08-09 | ||
| Afterlife According To Job | It surprises everyone to hear that Job is a book of prophecy but Job touches on many topics such as the afterlife and the Second Coming. Many of these topics were not understand in Old Testament times. In this study we cover the many odd things that Job says. | 2021-12-04 2019-03-17 | ||
| Your Future Body (pt2) | In this study we dig into the scriptures to find more information about what our spiritual bodies will be like. We start with a quick look at using biblical reasoning to make inferences that show more about the Bible and God. Then we look at what our bodies would look like, what they will be made of, how we will know who we are and who others are and other aspects. | 2021-11-27 2018-04-12 | ||
| Your Future Body | We know, when Jesus comes, we'll be resurrected but we don't know much about what that body will be like. In this study we look at what the Apostle Paul said about that body, where it comes from and its nature. Paul is arguing against some flawed teachings that have been carried into the church by Jews who have become Christian. | 2021-11-20 2018-04-12 | ||
| Adding and Taking Away | What does it mean to add and take away from God's word and how do we do it? This study presents a small number of the ways people were doing it in New Testament times. Some continue today. We look at what they've done but more importantly why, and how we can avoid being fooled and instead contend for the faith. | 2021-11-13 2021-11-07 | ||
| Brittle Clay | Daniel 2 presents a prophecy in the form of a statue. The statue was seen in a dream by the king and Daniel interprets it as foretelling future empires all the way to the Millennial Kingdom. In the last stages it refers to countries and people as brittle clay. In this study we look at the meaning of the statue and especially focus on the brittle clay. | 2021-11-06 2021-10-11 | ||
| Closing the Old Testament (pt. 2) | This is the second of a series of lessons that will cover many topics. In this one we look at the Intertestamental period, the period if time between the Old Testament and the New Testament. We start with the idea that God uses being conquered as the final step to get his people to return to him. For Israel, this was the Philistines, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Medo- Persians. During the Intertestamental period, this continued with the Greeks, Romans and others. Each of these tended to pollute the people with false ideas, a process that continues to our time. | 2021-10-30 2021-10-17 | ||
| Closing the Old Testament | This is the first of a series of lessons that will cover many topics. In this one we look at Malachi, the last book in the Old Testament. In it we see Israel after their return from Babylon and how they haven't truly returned to God and how that becomes worse. We also begin to look at the years after Malachi but we'll start from the Babylonian empire. | 2021-10-23 2021-10-17 | ||
| Coming to Life | In this study we look at the progression to becoming a Christian from sin and why we sin and the guilt that comes from that, to God's plan for restoration, to walking the Christian walk through to the end. | 2021-10-16 2021-10-10 | ||
| The Mark of the Beast | In this lesson we talk about how the Mark seemed an impossibility 50 years ago. Too many things didn't make sense. But now all the pieces are in place and it would even be seen as a benefit. In our time it is almost a reality. | 2021-10-09 2021-10-03 | ||
| Jesus and the Stones | This study covers chapters 8 and 10 of John. In these we see Jesus talking to people, some of whom claim to believe in him. They have no spiritual sense and cannot understand him. This results in them trying to stone him. Is it possible that many Christians today have no more spiritual sense than they did? | 2021-10-02 2021-09-27 | ||
| The Narrow Gate | Jesus told us only a few would enter the kingdom, only those via the narrow gate and narrow road. He also said there were many others who wanted to but would not be able. In this study we look at verses about who will and will not enter. | 2021-09-25 2021-09-19 | ||
| Boost Your God Given Immune System | Boost your GOD given immune system with natural ingredients and nutrition. Don't just settle for man made pharma. Use the herbs, spices and natural plants that GOD has already provided. | 2021-09-18 2021-09-18 | ||
| Stop Regarding Man!!! (pt 2) | Isaiah 2 uses chiasms to point out idolatry, the source of it and the cure for it. He speaks of having regard for man and the things we and mankind have done. This includes people, where we think our protection comes from, sacred sites we have created and the things we have created. | 2021-09-18 2015-12-27 | ||
| Stop Regarding Man!!! | Isaiah 2 describes people who were unbelievers when Jesus returned are seen as sparkling and joyfully streaming to the millennial temple to learn God's ways and live accordingly. Are we like that on our way to church? | 2021-09-11 2015-12-27 | ||
| Virgin Birth | Why was it necessary for Jesus to be born of a virgin? In this lesson we look at that question and the prophecy that supports it. We'll also look at an attack on Christianity that is based on that prophecy. | 2021-09-04 2017-07-23 | ||
| Alive in Jesus | Stop living in the flesh and choose to live in the Spirit with knowledge and life! Stop being a slave to sin and death; Choose to live in victory and courage, choose to live in JESUS!! | 2021-08-28 2021-08-28 | ||
| Preparing to Rest | To be able to rest you must first prepare. In this study we look at Preparation Day, the day before the Sabbath. We learn that it helps us to understand both the Sabbath and God's rest, our future Sabbath. | 2021-08-21 2021-08-15 | ||
| Shmita 2021 / Yom Teruah | September 7, this year begins a new Shmita year, which only happens once in 7 years. In this study, we look at the Shmita and Yom Teruah, including debt forgiveness, the fall feasts, and even Capitalism. | 2021-08-14 2021-08-08 | ||
| Ezekiel's Temple (pt2) | Ezekiel spent 9 chapters detailing the dimensions and operations of a future temple. In this last part we look at details we missed in the videos last week. Then we learn from some things God said to Ezekiel about offences in the first temple. Then we tackle the question - why is there a temple during the millennium when Jesus is ruling Earth. | 2021-08-07 2021-07-31 | ||
| Ezekiel's Temple | Ezekiel spent 9 chapters detailing the dimensions and operations of a future temple. We look at that temple using a 3D model. Ezekiel also describes how he saw God travelling around. We'll see 'God's ride' fly in to the 3D model and look at a good artists conception of it. | 2021-07-31 2021-07-31 | ||
 Hebrews 7:1 - 7:28 | Part nine of this nine part series of detailed studies of the Book of Hebrews. This part covers chapter 7, which is entirely about Melchizedek. Really, it's about why Mechizedek is more important than you realized to who Jesus is to you. Therefore it's important to you. The author establishes the foundation for Jesus being the priest of the Heavenly temple, who, as a priest, makes atonement for us, gives eternal life (because he is eternal), and prays for us. | 2021-07-17 2021-05-16 | ||
 Hebrews 6:9 - 6:20 | Part eight of a series of detailed studies of the Book of Hebrews. This part discusses how we can tell if someone has turned away from the faith. Then it moves to a discussion of God's promise to Abraham of a Messiah and how God was determined to show this promise would happen and to give us the confidence to seize it and never let it go. | 2021-07-17 2021-05-16 | ||
 Hebrews 6:4-8, 10:26-31 | Part seven of a series of detailed studies of the Book of Hebrews. This part combines verses from chapters 6 and 10 that speak on the same topic, how we can lose our conversion or become enemies of God, as chapter 10 refers to it. Some refer to this as losing salvation, but that isn't the best description. | 2021-07-10 2021-05-16 | ||
 Hebrews 4:14 - 6:3 | Part six of a series of detailed studies of the Book of Hebrews. This part discusses how Jesus is a high priest to us through Melchizedek, how he is like Aaron and the priests that followed after him, and how he is different. We also look at how the Jews twisted the words of the Bible so they could deny that there was a priesthood through Melchizedek. | 2021-07-03 2021-05-16 | ||
 Hebrews 3:7 - 4:13 | Part five of a series of detailed studies of the Book of Hebrews. This part starts with the faith that allows one to enter into God's rest and how Sabbath keeping is an expression of that faith. | 2021-06-26 2021-05-16 | ||
| Protect the Temple of God | We are all children of the Lord Most High, our bodies belong to HIM. Therefore, respect, protect, care for, and defend it. Don't allow the enemy to control or take over your body, mind or spirit, but glorify our GOD by taking care of HIS temple. | 2021-06-19 2021-06-19 | ||
 Hebrews 3:1 - 3:6 preview to 4:13 | Part four of a series of detailed studies of the Book of Hebrews. This part starts chapter 3 and changes to 'Who is Yeshua compared to Moses', and then turns to faith that allows one to enter into God's rest and how Sabbath keeping is an expression of that faith. | 2021-06-12 2021-05-16 | ||
 Hebrews 2:5 - 2:17 | Part three of a series of detailed studies of the Book of Hebrews. This part continues with 'Who is the Son', and covers the end of the end of the second chapter. The author of Hebrews continues to distinguish the son from the angels by showing the future kingdom is not given to the angels. Then the topic changes to who is Jesus to mankind. | 2021-06-05 2021-05-16 | ||
 Hebrews 1:7 - 2:4 | Part two of a series of detailed studies of the Book of Hebrews. This part continues with 'Who is the Son', and covers the end of the first chapter and the beginning of the the second chapter. | 2021-05-29 2021-05-16 | ||
 Hebrews 1:1 - 1:6 | The beginning of a series of detailed studies of the Book of Hebrews. This part introduces the book, gives background on the intended audience, and covers most of the first chapter. | 2021-05-22 2021-05-16 | ||
| Coming Back Home | A personal story of my redemption and discovery of GOD's mercy, grace and love for his children. | 2021-05-15 2021-05-15 | ||
| Falling Away | When we hear that a Christian has fallen away from God, we are stunned. It leaves us wondering how it happened and whether it could happen to me. In this lesson we look at people who have turned away and why that happened. More importantly we look at where our own weaknesses are and how we can avoid being peeled away. | 2021-05-08 2016-01-10 | ||
| The First Church | The first Christian church to form was the Jerusalem church. We see it described in Acts as a very different church, both from the churches of our time and from the other churches in the Bible. There are liberals in the church who see this as the true church - a socialist church. What was going on with that church? | 2021-05-01 2020-09-11 | ||
| Wake Up Sleeper | Wake up! We are no longer slaves to sin and to this world. Jesus redeemed the captives and set us free. Be bold and live out your life in faith and truth! | 2021-04-24 2021-04-24 | ||
| Imminence (pt2) | Is the Doctrine of Imminence Biblically sound? Could Jesus return at any moment? In the 2nd part of this message we look at that question some more. We review the things from last week that Jesus said would happen before his return. We also look at events Paul and other prophets said would happen before his return. We also have a short question and answer session and then we close by looking at the damage the Doctrine of Imminence has caused. | 2021-04-17 2021-04-10 | ||
| Imminence | Is the Doctrine of Imminence Biblically sound? Could Jesus return at any moment? In this message we look at that question. Just as important, we look at how Jesus said we should live until he returns. We also look at things Jesus said would happen before his return. | 2021-04-10 2021-04-10 | ||
| Who is Father? | What is the definition of a father? What is your definition of a father? Although having an earthly father is important, there is no comparison between our earthly fathers and our Heavenly Father. | 2021-04-10 2021-04-10 | ||
| Habakkuk's Prophecy (pt3) | We begin this part with a review of the last two weeks which included the first and second questions and their answers. Then we look at an extensive monologue God gives on four topics. We'll see how this relates to both the Babylonians and the unrighteous of Israel. | 2021-04-03 2016-05-04 | ||
| Habakkuk's Prophecy (pt2) | We begin this part with a review of last week which included the first question. Then we look at the second of the questions. The questioner asks God if destruction at the hands of the Babylonians is the best way to correct Israel | 2021-03-27 2016-05-04 | ||
| Habakkuk's Prophecy | We begin by looking at Habakkuk the prophet and the times when he lived and also the experience of being a prophet of God. Then we look at the prophecy where we see a question being asked of God. It is a question familiar to us, 'God, why do you evil to happen? Why must we live with evil all around us? | 2021-03-20 2016-05-04 | ||
| Pacifism and the Christian (pt2) | Are Christians supposed to be Pacifists? To never use violence? Some Christians and even some denominations believe so. In this lesson we look at what the Bible says about the many aspects of this question. | 2021-03-13 2020-01-05 | ||
| Pacifism and the Christian | Are Christians supposed to be Pacifists? To never use violence? Some Christians and even some denominations believe so. In this lesson we look at what the Bible says about the many aspects of this question. | 2021-03-06 2020-01-05 | ||
.jpg) The Ten Commandments - The Five Principles (pt7) | There is more to the Ten Commandments than most people know. They are more than a set of rules. In this series we will be looking at the depth of them. In this part we look at the fifth of the 5 principles behind them and summarize what we've covered. | 2021-02-27 2017-01-15 | ||
.jpg) The Ten Commandments - The Five Principles (pt6) | There is more to the Ten Commandments than most people know. They are more than a set of rules. In this series we will be looking at the depth of them. In this part we look at the fourth of the 5 principles behind them. | 2021-02-20 2017-01-15 | ||
.jpg) The Ten Commandments - The Five Principles (pt5) | There is more to the Ten Commandments than most people know. They are more than a set of rules. In this series we will be looking at the depth of them. In this part we look at a related question - whether God replaced the Ten Commandments after Moses broke the first tablets. Then we cover the third of the 5 principles. | 2021-02-13 2017-01-15 | ||
.jpg) The Ten Commandments - The Five Principles (pt4) | There is more to the Ten Commandments than most people know. They are more than a set of rules. In this series we will be looking at the depth of them. In this part we look at the second of the 5 principles behind them. | 2021-02-06 2017-01-15 | ||
.jpg) The Ten Commandments - The Five Principles (pt3) | There is more to the Ten Commandments than most people know. They are more than a set of rules. In this series we will be looking at the depth of them. In this part we look at the first of the 5 principles behind them. | 2021-01-30 2017-01-15 | ||
.jpg) The Ten Commandments - Introduction (pt2) | There is more to the Ten Commandments than most people know. They are more than a set of rules. In this series we will be looking at the depth of them. In this part we look at numbering them and the ways they are grouped together. | 2021-01-23 2017-01-15 | ||
 The Ten Commandments - Introduction | There is more to the Ten Commandments than most people know. They are more than a set of rules. In this series we will be looking at the depth of them. In this part we look at what our relationship, as Christians, should be with them | 2021-01-16 2017-01-15 | ||
| After Death (pt 2) | Everyone wonders what happens at death. There are a lot of mistaken ideas about it, even among Christians. The Bible says quite a bit on the topic, but the details are spread all over the Bible. In this series we cover some common misunderstandings, and assemble all the pieces from the Bible to understand what it actually says. In this part we focus on the Resurrection, Millennial Rule, Great White Throne Judgment, and the Lake of Fire | 2021-01-09 2018-01-08 | ||
| After Death | Everyone wonders what happens at death. There are a lot of mistaken ideas about it, even among Christians. The Bible says quite a bit on the topic, but the details are spread all over the Bible. In this series we cover some common misunderstandings, and assemble all the pieces from the Bible to understand what it actually says. In this part we focus on the misunderstandings and place our spirits go to immediately after death | 2021-01-02 2018-01-08 | ||
| Creating a World in Motion (pt6) | In the last part of this series on creation through to the original sin, we pickup with God calling for Adam after they had sinned. We look at Adam and Eve trying to pass the blame and in detail about God's judgments. We'll focus on how those judgments address the problems that lead to the sin and we'll close with God helping them prepare for their new lives. | 2013-04-10 | ||
| Creating a World in Motion (pt5) | Part 5 of an in-depth study of the days of creation through to the original sin. We pickup in the middle of the temptation of Eve, and look into the well thought-out plan the snake has crafted, who the snake is, the problems Eve has that are making her weak, and then we follow through to Eve and Adam eating the fruit and the changes that occur in them. | 2013-04-10 | ||
| Creating a World in Motion (pt4) | Part 4 of an in-depth study of the days of creation through to the original sin. We finish chapter 2 and the creation of Eve, and look into the nature of Adam and Eve, the beginning of the deception of Eve, why was Eve chosen by the snake, and how the snake approaches this deception where he will only get one chance. | 2013-04-10 | ||
| Creating a World in Motion (pt3) | Part 3 of an in-depth study of the days of creation. We cover day 7 of creation and move into the descriptions of the earth of that time, it's rivers, Adam's naming of the animals and other parts. The focus is on seeing how God created things that were complete and ready to serve their purpose, even though the Bible doesn't describe the details. | 2013-04-10 | ||
| Creating a World in Motion (pt2) | Part 2 of an in-depth study of the days of creation. We cover days 4 through 6 of creation. The focus is on seeing how God created things that were complete and ready to serve their purpose, even though the Bible doesn't describe the details. | 2013-04-10 | ||
| Creating a World in Motion | Part 1 of an in-depth study of the days of creation. The focus is on seeing how God created things that were complete and ready to serve their purpose, even though the Bible doesn't describe the details. | 2013-04-10 | ||
| Finishing Well | This study is about finishing well. It's not how you start out in life but how you finish. We will do a character study on the Galatian Church. They started off their ministry wonderfully but they ended up falling away. Here we try to examine the reasons why the church fell away and we try to learn from their mistakes. | 2020-11-09 | ||
| A Star for the Wisemen | Though we may have known this story from childhood, there is more we can understand as adults. What was the star? How could the Magi have been guided by it to a particular house? We'll also look at bigger picture questions like what we are to get from this story and why it is in Matthew's gospel at all. | 2009-12-27 | ||
| The Children are Free (Pt. 2) | Continuing on from last week, we look at who are we as children of God among mankind. The focus is on the changes that happen the moment we become Christians and thus the children of God | 2018-02-11 | ||
| The Children are Free | In an obscure passage in Matthew, there is a description of a miracle Jesus did - but no one remembers the miracle. Jesus uses it to teach about how we are different from the rest of the world. | 2018-02-11 | ||
| Liberal Worldview (pt 2) | Using a survey done by John Haidt, social psychologist and professor at NYU as a foundation, this study compares the moral
foundations of liberals and conservatives to understand how liberals 'tick', both in society and the church. In this lesson we focus on specific things that liberals in the church do and explain how this results from the liberal worldview. | 2019-07-21 | ||
| Liberal Worldview | Using a survey done by John Haidt, social psychologist and professor at NYU as a foundation, this study compares the moral foundations of liberals and conservatives to understand how liberals 'tick', both in society and the church. | 2019-07-21 | ||
| Fall Feasts (pt. 2) (Paper only) | A detailed study of the the Biblical feasts that come in the fall with their context, meaning, observance, and traditions | 2020-09-26 | ||
| Fall Feasts (Paper only) | A detailed study of the the Biblical feasts that come in the fall with their context, meaning, observance, and traditions | 2020-09-19 | ||
| The Love Chapter in Context (Paper only) | Why does the Love Chapter start talking about prophecy, speaking in tongues, and knowledge, and about things that endure and things that don't? The answer comes by understanding the context of the Love Chapter. | 2020-08-30 | ||
| Calvinism 2 (Paper only) | Understanding Calvinism, how it began, what it believes, it's flaws, and the appeal it has that captivates so many | 2020-08-22 | ||
| Calvinism 1 (Paper only) | Understanding Calvinism, how it began, what it believes, it's flaws, and the appeal it has that captivates so many | 2020-08-22 | ||
| Seven Principles On Possessions (Paper only) | Your possessions are not just money or material things, but your talents or skills. It could also be the people in your life that you are responsible for. We will be judged by what we did with what we have been given. The seven principles will serve as a basis to help us better understand how God sees possessions and how we should understand them too. | 2020-08-22 | ||
| Psalm 23 (Paper only) | A study on the 23rd Psalm and how it applies to us today. | 2020-08-22 | ||
| Living Within Your Means (Paper only) | The Lord wants us to be content in whatever state we are in; whether we lack or if we abound! But what does that really mean? Do we remain satisfied in whatever state we find ourselves or do we try to improve? Does God not want me to have more? This study will attempt to answer these concerns. | 2020-08-15 | ||
| The Prince To Come (Paper only) | Considering the possibility that Daniel's 'Prince to come' (the anti-Christ) will be Islamic, and what Islam says about him and other people | 2013-08-04 | ||
| John 3:16 in Context (Paper only) | Do we understand John 3:16 correctly or has it been taken out of context? | 2014-12-14 | ||
| Psalm 91 (Paper only) | A detailed study of Psalm 91 | 2020-07-25 | ||
| When the Wall Came Down (pt 2) (Paper only) | What happened when the wall between Jew and Gentile came down | 2015-09-06 | ||
| When the Wall Came Down (pt 1) (Paper only) | What happened when the wall between Jew and Gentile came down | 2015-09-06 | ||
| Cursing The Blessed (Paper only) | A study of Balak's efforts to get Balaam to curse Israel (The first part of this video was not recorded. So the video for this study begins with a review of the material that was covered) | 2016-07-24 | ||
| Unquestioning Faith (Paper only) | Romans 10 discusses a lack of faith that constantly questions and never believes | 2013-11-24 | ||
| The Attributes of God (Paper only) | A study of three of the attributes (characteristics) of God, his name, his completeness, and his knowledge of the future | 2020-06-10 | ||
| Progressive Christianity (Paper only) | A study of an interview of Alisa Childers who closely follows the Progressive Christian movement | 2020-06-01 | ||
| Shavu'ot - Weeks (Paper only) | A look at the many facets of the feast of Shavu'ot (Feast of Weeks) | 2020-05-18 | ||
| Israel and Christianity (Paper only) | A detailed study of Romans 11 | 2012-10-21 | ||
| Hyperbole in the Bible (Paper only) | A look at the use of hyperbole (an extreme example for emphasis) in the Bible | 2012-09-30 | ||
| The Seven Levels of Lying (Paper only) | A study of an article about lying | 2020-03-21 | ||
| Restoration In 7 Feasts (Paper only) | An overview of the Biblical feasts and their meanings. The video uses a shorter version of the text. | 2012-10-28 | ||
| Bible Translations (Paper only) | A study of the various Bible Translations, why there are so many, and what makes them different. | 2013-06-16 | ||
| What's With Elijah and Jezebel's Prophets (Paper only) | In the story of Elijah, where fire came down from God, most people see a great success for God. Instead it is a great failure for Elijah. This lesson looks at the verses in detail to see what is happening. | 2018-08-26 | ||
| The Order of Things (Paper only) | An interactive puzzle where you put things in order. It's challenging and fun at the same time. | 2019-12-23 | ||
| Matching Bible Words (Paper only) | A matching puzzle where Bible words are matched with their meanings | 2019-12-23 | ||
| Christmas Date and History (Paper only) | The date of the birth of Jesus and the history of Christmas | 2019-12-14 | ||
| Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven (Paper only) | A study of parables Jesus used to describe the Kingdom of Heaven | 2016-02-14 | ||
| Satan (Paper only) | Who is Satan? Where did he come from? What will be his destiny | 2016-11-13 | ||
| Man-Made Holy Days (Paper only) | A look at Holy Days created by men | 2017-01-02 | ||
| Intentional (Paper only) | A thorough look at intentional and unintentional sin | 2017-03-19 | ||
| After Death (Paper only) | Understanding what happens at death and after that. This is a large study of almost everything the Bible says about the topic | 2018-01-08 | ||
| Becoming a Prayer Warrior (Paper only) | 2020-04-18 | |||
| Mark of the Beast (Paper only) | The "hows" and "whys" of the mark and, above all, the seriousness of it. | 2020-04-14 | ||
| The End of the World in 30 Years? (Paper only) | How long will it be until Jesus returns. | 2020-04-04 | ||
| The Lord's Supper (Paper only) | Here is a study on the observance of the Lord's Supper but it also explains the concept of Easter. This is beneficial for those that can't attend a service or view it online. The last part contains the verses for the Lord's Supper Observance. | 2020-04-06 | ||
| Taking Care of God's Temple (Paper only) | Here is a study about how we can take better care of ourselves so that we can live long enough to do some good in the world. | 2020-04-05 | ||
| Luke 7 (Audio only) | A detailed study of Luke 7 | 2020-03-21 | ||
| Online Lessons (Audio only) | Why we are doing this | 2020-03-21 |