Joseph of Nazareth was a carpenter, the son of a carpenter. Nazareth was a small hillside village in northern Israel, west of the Sea of Galilee. Though he was poor, the carpenter Joseph probably crafted doors, windows, cabinets, furniture and gates for homesteads and yokes for the farm animals. God chose a special young woman […]
Hope is the opposite of despair. Despair is the sense that all hope is gone. “There are millions of African women who face despair over their plight at the hands of Islamic invaders who rape them, kill them, or take them as sex slaves. There are many that live in poverty and ghetto like conditions […]
Perhaps you have received a gift in which was another gift, in which was yet another gift. With opening each gift, the excitement grew. There was more to come. Transition When a sinner who trusts Christ to save his soul, he receives the gift of God’s salvation instantly. However, God’s gift of salvation is many […]
8/12/2021 Wednesday BIBLE BASICS Review God the Divine Being Theism is the belief in the existence of a personal God who is the Creator, Preserver, and Ruler of all things. To understand fully the nature and existence of God is an impossible task for us in this life. Elmer Towns What does Romans 1:20 teach […]
Think of the grief and emotional pain that Joseph experienced as he was tied up and transported to Egypt. He was the only son of Jacob who had been faithful to the Lord. He tried to do right, and now the Lord allowed his brothers to sell him into slavery. With no hope of ever […]
We all like to know the benefits of supplements, benefits of insurance policies, benefits of certain diets and benefits of electing a candidate. As Paul begins Romans 5, he builds on the word justified. The word, therefore (Ro 5:1), points us back to Romans 4:25. We wonder, what are the benefits of being justified? Transition […]
1/12/2021 Wednesday BIBLE BASICS Dispensational Review GOD THE DIVINE BEING Can man know God? If so, what is God like? Introduction to Our God ▰ Theology is the name for the study of the doctrine of God. ▰ The fundamental fact of Theology is that there is a God. ▰ Theism is the belief in […]
The narrative of Genesis 38 probably began shortly before Joseph was sold to Egypt. Judah was 2-3 years older than Joseph. He must have married as a teenager before Joseph left home. Though the details of this chapter are unsavoury, God placed them in the Bible to help us see sin’s consequences. God wants us […]
How many of you are old enough to have used a manual typewriter to type a letter or document? __ For you youngsters who have never had to do that, the rest of us can assure you that it was a complicated project. Every key had to be pressed with firmness to leave a clear […]
24/11/2021 Wednesday BIBLE BASICS Review of the Bible’s Preservation Original Bible manuscripts are called autographs Making copies of the original manuscripts began when? during Moses’ day We have about _______ surviving manuscripts or portions of manuscripts of the NT. The Byzantine or Majority text has the support of about ___% of the surviving manuscripts. It […]