New Link For Sunday Night Study

Greetings everyone. We are switching to Google Meet for our Sunday night Bible study. This is the link for our study. You may need a Google account to use Meet, so it may prompt you for a login. :

https://meet.google.com/rda-odwx-ueh

We will continue to meet Sunday evenings at 7:30 EST and we are studying Matthew.

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Week Nine - Matthew 12

Welcome to Week Nine of our Bible Study! During this past week’s study, we discussed the ministry of John the Baptist and what people were looking for when Jesus came on the scene. We were challenged to consider that point again: Are we looking for a savior that meets our criteria and terms or are we open to encountering the Savior as He is revealed to us in the scriptures? It’s a heady question to consider. This week we study Matthew 12 and look at the interaction between religious leaders and Jesus. Again, we will consider the question, what were they looking for? Why is it that the people most equipped to recognize the Messiah refused to see him? While we live in different times and we aren’t Jewish leaders, many suffer from the same condition. On some level, we all want a god that fits our schedule and desires and that is the essence of religion, which is man expressing the answer to life’s most pressing question. Conversely, the essence of Christianity is simply “God said.” That...

Week Eighteen - The Faithful Servant

Welcome to Week Eighteen of our Bible Study! This week we look at Luke 12:35-48 and Matthew 24:45-51. This week’s lesson is about being prepared for the return of our Messiah. Both passages are very similar and speak of the Master returning to find some of His slaves doing well and some that are squandering their time and resources. As with many other parables, there is a dichotomy between the obedient and the disobedient, the sheep and the goats, and the faithful and the unfaithful. Many questions naturally present themselves. What is it that I should be doing to anticipate and prepare myself? How can I be more Kingdom focused on a daily basis? How can I keep the world from stealing my energy and joy? We will discuss these questions and more in this week’s study! As always, I welcome your participation and look forward to seeing you all Sunday evening at 7:30 pm. About Zoom: We will use Zoom for this Bible study. If you are using a computer, just type in www.zoom.com an...

Week Twenty-seven: The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin

Welcome to Week Twenty-Seven of our Bible study! This week we will be looking at Luke 15:1-10. This is a beautiful parable of Jesus explaining how the shepherd will leave the 99 to look for the lost sheep, and the woman who has lost a coin will search everywhere for it. It is a beautiful story because it gives us a portrait of the love our Lord has for the lost and how He desires for all to come to repentance. I think this perspective is critical if we are to get a glimpse of who God really is and what He ultimately wants for all mankind. A few questions/thoughts that come to mind: · The religious leaders wouldn’t associate with “sinners;” what does this tell you about their character and how they saw their own source of righteousness? · Who were the “sinners” Jesus was associating with? · Why did Jesus choose to dine with people that were so reviled by the religious lead...

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