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Please give our guest speaker today a big Northeast welcome! David Ables is a brother from West Tennessee who recently attended the annual Lectureship Series at the Preachers Training School Evangelism Center in India with KG Kumar. David agreed to visit and give us a report of what he saw during his visit. This will be the first eyewitness update we have been…

Last week, brother Gillins introduced our new series on “making our call and election sure” from 2 Peter 1:10-11. He set up for us the context where Peter calls on us to add 7 things to our faith. In this article we will briefly discuss the first of these: goodness. For starters, it is helpful to see what some other translations say here. The Greek word is aretē. NKJV and…

One of the central messages in Peter’s first epistle/letter is that our faith in Jesus Christ will be tested. When we stay faithful to Him thru the various trials, our faith will be refined and be stronger in the aftermath. In his second letter, Peter follows up his first exhortation with a battle…

There’s not a kid who ever went to Bible class who hasn’t heard the story of David and Goliath. The account of the shepherd boy who went head-to-head with the Philistine champion who stood almost 10 feet tall is a Bible classic. The victory given to David by the Lord, despite uneven odds, is the same success we all seek over the various temptations we face throughout our…

Matthew 5:6, Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. Here is our next building block to a relationship with God. Each beatitude is built on the prior one. If you don’t recognize your spiritual poverty, you will never mourn over sin. If you never mourn over sin, pride will keep you from humbling yourself to allow God to take the…

Psalm 34:18–19 “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.” (ESV) This verse is often interpreted as a message of hope and comfort for those who are going through difficult times. But…

One way or another each of us need some type of fuel to get where we want to be (Gasoline, Coffee, Food). As humans, we need fuel! But just as our body needs fuel to survive & thrive, so does our hearts. Proverbs 27:19 tells us “So a man’s heart reveals the man.” So how do we fuel our hearts? We need the right fuel to keep our mind and soul running as well. 2…

One of the first things you may notice about Matthew’s gospel is the fact that it’s anonymous. Nowhere in the text does it clearly say who wrote it, but there is no need to worry about the authorship of the first gospel since the early church and scholars all agree that it was Matthew, the apostle. Matthew was a Jew whose name meant “gift of Yahweh.” He was employed as a…

This little book was written by James, the half-brother of Jesus and a leader in the church at Jerusalem. Despite its connection to Jesus and the early church, James has never enjoyed the devotion and praise of books like Romans or Galatians. Yet its impact and place in Scripture cannot be denied. While Hebrews was written to discourage Christians from returning to…

Most people have favorites when it comes to the Bible. For me personally, Hebrew’s has always been near the top. Perhaps it is because the book helped me conceptualize the end of the old Covenant and the start of the New. A key word or idea that stands out through the book is the word “better”. The author is presenting the case that Christianity is better than Judaism.…