The Ideal Church – Titus 1:1

Open your Bibles to the first chapter of the book of Titus. This brief book contains only 46 verses, yet it is full of doctrine and practical applications for Christian living. There are six references to “good works” in this brief letter (Tit 1:16; 2:7, 14; 3:1, 8, 14). Christians are not saved by doing […]

Elisha: Commencement – 1 Kings 19:19-21

Elisha The Prophet of God Lesson 1 – Commencement 1Kings 19:19-21; 2Kings 1-2 Date: Thursday, 18 June 2020 –Elisha20 1.      Elisha’s Call from God a.          We first meet Elisha in 1 Kings 19:19-21. 1)         He received Elijah’s mantle, a sign of a prophet’s call 2)         He immediately responded by leaving his oxen 3)         He burned […]

Pride’s Price – 2 Chronicles 26

The story is told about a clever salesman who closed hundreds of sales with this line: “Let me show you something several of your neighbours said you couldn’t afford.” He was playing on their pride. Children and adults, male and female all struggle with pride. Solomon wrote, (Proverbs 16:18) “Pride goeth before destruction, and an […]

Remember Your Creator – Ecclesiastes 11-12

(George Wald in “Innovation and Biology,” Scientific American, Vol. 199, Sept. 1958, p. 100) “There are only two possibilities as to how life arose. One is spontaneous generation arising to evolution; the other is a supernatural creative act of God. There is no third possibility. Spontaneous generation, that life arose from non-living matter was scientifically […]