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It has been said that \”If you wish to truly learn you must teach.\” Over the past 8 months of teaching through the Gospel of John, I...

Here is a list of great resources that I know and love and commonly use in preparation for biblical studies. I highly recommend that you...

So this is it, the final chapter and the conclusion for us before we break for 2 weeks. I’m almost certain that this is my 5th or 6th...

This Sunday morning at service Josh, who was filling in for our usual ministers, opened up with a story that went like this, \”So I...

John 19:35 \”He who saw it has borne witness- his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth that you also may...

Talk to me about the Resurrection. What is it? And why does it matter? Jesus died for His Church/was killed by the Romans and Jews as...

Pray Read the text.  It is worth noting that none of the 4 gospels give us a comprehensive view of what happened at Golgotha; I believe...

Watch Fuel for the Fire Psalm 13:5-6 Good morning. And thank you all for coming. Yesterday we met with our \”preaching circles\” for the...

The Screwtape Letters Lewis, C.S. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1961. Print. The Screwtape Letters was originally published...

Classical thinkers: -Know the allegory of the cave and why Plato wrote it The allegory of the Cave is one of the most famous teachings of...

Christians have long since wrestled with the significance of the Old Law, of the Jews, and the New Law and, moreover, how to these Laws...

Theology is no easy philosophy, it raises many different questions like how does the Christian live in a secular world, do they run for...

“A certain man had two sons…”: A parable about the goodness of God Within the third Gospel, also the third book of the New Testament, the...

Pray Read the text 18:1-6 What made Jesus so bold in His proclamation of Himself? Love. He loved us, His Church, enough to die for us....

Pray Read the Text Intro to John 17: Perhaps y\’all are aware of the “Lord’s Prayer” in Matt. 6:9-13 but that section of scripture is a...

Read Pray John 16 16:1-4 16:1 What has Jesus been saying to His disciples? John 15. What\’s it mean to “fall away”? In its original...

Read Pray 12:1-8 12:1 So here is the last week of Jesus ministry and this chapter is the completion of His public teachings. 12:2 A...

Read. Pray So here is our last chapter in John before John spends basically 2/3s of his gospel in the last week of Jesus’ life. And John...

Read Pray This chapter is divided into 3 sections: the good shepherd discourse (10:1-21), the discourse with the new (22-38) and a...

Pray Read So tonight we’re gonna be talking about suffering and the symbolism of the gospel in this story with the blind man. 9:2 So from...