Allow me to offer a gentle reminder as we begin: “The word of God says what it says.” As we examine I Peter 3:18-20, we may vary on the meaning of the passage, but we are bound to agree on the words. What does this section of Scripture actually say? “For Christ…being put to death
“The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”-Matthew 1:1 I wish my memory would allow me to name the person who first suggested a study of the opening and closing verses of Bible books to me. It has been a most profitable tip for studying God’s word.
In 2015 I preached a six-lesson series on the book of Revelation. Along with the sermons, we handed out bulletins designed to assist in preparing for each individual lesson. The sermons and written materials are posted on the congregation’s webpage (north2ndcofc.org), but I thought it might be handy to have all the links on a
“I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”-Luke 22:15-16 Nineteen days, three months, and one year have passed since we met at our traditional times and observed the Lord’s Supper in our
“And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah.”-Jonah 1:17 The people of Massachusetts should probably repent in sackcloth and ashes (Jonah 3:6). That statement is always true. But after the events of the past week, I would not take any chances! A real-life Jonah and the whale story played out off the
Few things will leave you with a better understanding of the nature and grace of God, than a study of covenants in the Bible. One of the benefits of the pre-marital counseling I am blessed to participate in, is the constant reminder of the covenant nature of God’s relationship with people. We use a book
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”-James 1:17 Our brother David Muiznieks is recovering from gall bladder surgery. Doctors removed three stones from his body. They were the size of hen’s eggs. They relieved
In the same year I crossed the half-century mark of my sojourn on earth, it occurred to me I had lived more of my life without my mother than I had with her. I was 25-years-old and in my second year of college when Nancy Jane Sage took her last breath. She fought breast cancer
“Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I