Did you ever think that God isn’t doing much these days? Evil people are doing evil things and they seem to be getting away with it. Bad things happen to good people and nothing seems to be done about it. Where are the miracles? Where are the acts of God? What is God doing? Chapter six of the book of …
Bible Reading and Commentary May 18-23, 2020 Monday, May 18, Revelation 6 Vv. 2, 4, 5, 8 — Prof. Becker in his commentary on Revelation, interprets the opening of the 6 seals in chapter 6 with Matthew 24, where Jesus gives us the signs of the last days. Here’s his interpretation: The white horse in v. 2 is Christ and …
What is love? Everybody wants it, but very few people know what it is. There are very few examples of love in our “me-first” society. That’s one of the reasons we look to Jesus. He is the perfect example of love. And when we learn about love from Jesus, we learn that love is not about warm and fuzzy feelings …
Genesis 4:8–9 (EHV) 8Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” When they were in the field, Cain attacked Abel, his brother, and killed him. 9The Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” What do you think when you read the conversation between God …
May 12, 2020 Good Guys Win We don’t know much about Abel. We know that he raised sheep. We know he gave his best to God. We know he trusted his brother. And we know that his brother killed him. That doesn’t seem right, does it? Abel was a good person. Good people shouldn’t get murdered. Good people should …
May 11, 2020 Offer Your Heart Cain worked the ground. Cain brought an offering to the Lord. It sounds like Cain was a solid, hard-working citizen. And it seems like he was a faithful worshiper. But God did not look favorably on Cain or his offering. Why not? God looked favorably on Abel’s offering. Abel and Cain were doing …
Bible Reading and Commentary May 11-16, 2020 REVELATION — The book of Revelation might be viewed as a commentary on 2 Bible passages, “We must through many hardships enter the Kingdom of God,” (Acts 14:22) and “The gates of hell will not overcome it (the church)” (Matt. 16:18; A.A.T.) Monday, May 11, Revelation 1 v. 5 — How are we …
WORSHIP SERVICE 2020-05-10 WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS 2020-05-10 Announcements
May 8, 2020 The church is moving. That may come as a surprise, but the church is moving. It has been for a long time. First, it’s moving to heaven, a little bit at a time. There will come a day when Jesus comes to bring everybody at once, but, for now, individuals move to heaven when God calls them Home. There’s …
Bible Reading and Commentary May 4 – May 9, 2020 I, II, & III JOHN — In the epistles of John, he speaks out against those who denied Jesus’ divinity. John defended Christ’s divinity in his epistle and also this truth: Only through faith in Jesus do we have eternal life. He also stressed the real meaning of love–our love …
