Peace in the Middle East CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In 1 Sam 7:14, the Bible says that “there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.”  This is what the politicians say they are trying to accomplish in the Middle East right now; they want peace in the Middle East.  However, they...

1 Samuel 12:6-13 It Is The Lord CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In 1 Sam 6:6-13, Israel essentially rejected the Lord when they demanded a king, and by doing so missed the fact that all the time since they had been a nation “it is the Lord” that had been taking care...

This lesson is on the birth and early childhood of Jesus Christ from Matt 2 and Lk 2.  There is often confusion about the timing of the events recorded in these two gospels.  Some of this confusion stems from the Christmas traditions, like nativity scenes and Christmas carols.  Here’s the...

The angel of the Lord announced to the shepherds that the birth of Jesus was the birth of a very special person, “a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.”  We are going to look at the significance of these three names. A Savior– let’s look back to the prophecy of...

There are several ways that the truth of the words of God has been declared.  The declaration of truth has been verbal, visible, written, and testified. Verbal declaration – someone heard the Lord speak.  See Jn 1:18, 1 Jn 1:1-5, and 2 Pet 1:16-21.  At Mt Sinai, the Jew’s heard...

Pauls Objectives Phil.3:7-12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Pauls objectives when it came to Jesus Christ were very simple.  He desired to win, know and apprehend Christ.  I’m thankful to Pastor John Robinson, of Bible Believers Baptist Church in Hillsboro, Oregon, who preached this text at a recent pastors’ conference.  It...

 Dagon 1 Sam. 5:1-5  CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Dagon is the fish god of the Philistines.  It is interesting when the ark is put in the house of Dagon that the statue falls to the ground before the ark.  And on the next day it is on the ground again but this time...

Prov 8:35 shows you how, with God, to have favor by wisdom.  “For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD”. On recent Wednesday nights, we have been studying how to have favor with God.  We have seen from the scripture that loving favor is rather...

1 Sam 3:1-21 The Word of God CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO 1 Sam 3 is one of the great chapters in the Bible on the word of God.  In this chapter we see a number of things concerning the word of God that are very instructive to us today. The...

Good Moderate Habits Phil 4:5  CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Good moderate habits are essential to building good Christian character and developing a strong Christian life.  Likewise, good convictions are essential.  We preached a sermon titled “Your Convictions” on Sept 26, 2018, which you may read and to which you may...