Bible Studies
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
Most Recent Studies
Self-Inflicted Famine (Amos 8:1–14)
The covenantal unfaithfulness of Israel, the Northern Kingdom, had doomed them for God’s irrevocable judgement. They were hopeless for deliverance, sealed by God’s silence towards them. For this reason chapter 8 is one of the saddest prophecies in Scripture. It is...
Not Quarrelsome (1 Timothy 3:3c)
A pastor once told a story of two brothers who inherited a family farm. For years they worked side by side, sharing tools, meals, and laughter together. But one day, a small misunderstanding grew into a bitter argument. Harsh words were spoken, silence followed, and...
The God of Unshakeable Devotion (Psalm 117:1–2)
One of the earliest life lessons I learned is that size does not matter when it comes to the power of being knocked out. I was reminded of this again preparing this study. Our psalm proved it once more. Psalm 117 is short, but it delivers a knockout punch. No wonder,...
Money, Money, Money (1 Timothy 3:3c)
There is a famous song with a chorus that goes: “Money, money, money, must be funny, in the rich man’s world.” This is why money is funny and why it’s not always sunny. It’s funny because, no matter how much money you have, you’ll never have enough, and it is not...
The Bread of Life: Gift, Sustenance, Reception (John 6:47–59)
Imagine a very skilled baker in your kitchen baking bread. He is an experienced baker who makes good bread, and you start to smell the aromas. You hear him open the oven, the fans getting louder, and the smell becomes stronger as it wafts through. He takes the bread...
Not Violent but Gentle (1 Timothy 3:3b)
Christians are people who learn to think God’s thoughts about God’s words. In terms of the character quality before us in this study, we want to think what God thinks of violence, what God thinks of gentleness. Hopefully, by the end, we can walk away having a clear...