1 Thessalonians Paul’s first letter to the church in Thessalonica was written shortly after he had been run out of that town by threats and opposition. Soon after Paul’s departure, false teachers crept into the church and tried to convince the people that Jesus had...
This is actually the first letter that Paul wrote. After Paul took his first missionary tour through the region of Galatia he returned home to Antioch and rejoiced that God had freely poured out His Spirit on the Gentiles. This Gentile phenomenon created quite a stir...
This PowerPoint is from a sermon for Advent 1 in 2016.Contrast of Kingdoms The sketches below contrast God's preferred and promised kingdom, on the left, with the human distortion of Kingdom on the right.Overview of DanielDaniel is unique among the prophets because he...
We’ve come now to the third preacher in our study of the Old Testament prophets. All three of these preachers have spoken to the city of Jerusalem. Each of them has been in a different place in time and has approached it from a slightly different angle. Isaiah...
Jeremiah Jeremiah was a prophet who began his preaching ministry during the heyday of Josiah’s spiritual reformation and watched the nation slide down a slippery slope of wickedness that eventually ended in the total annihilation of the city of Jerusalem. Jeremiah’s...
JoelJoel, as with many other prophets, was preaching a message of urgency and repentance to a nation that was on the verge of being annihilated by an invading horde of “locusts.” The beginning of his book is doom and gloom, but he also offers a glimmer of hope.This...
Isaiah lived in a world of war, terror, and uncertainty. His ministry happened during a period of Israel’s history when it seemed that the world was falling apart. For a much richer comprehension of Isaiah, read Isaiah’s book while you have your thumb stuck in 2...
“Whatever!” This one word phrase has been the motto of the last decade in our popular culture. It’s what a teenager says to her parents when they ask her to clean up her room for the 12th time that day. It’s what the employee says when his employer treats him...
It seems that our culture is caught up in trying to find the edge or the secret to success and advancement in life. Some of the best selling books on the market are claiming to give you the keys to success and happiness. Wouldn’t that be nice? Wouldn’t it be great if...
The image above illustrates Walter Bruegemann's basic structure for the Psalms.View Rolf Jacobson's commentaries here. Introduction to Psalms Music plays an incredibly important part in all of our lives. Have you ever noticed how the sound of a certain type of music...
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