As we prepare for the summer quarter beginning June 4th, remember to check back in to the blog for our FREE worship arrangements and mp3 tracks of 3 of the Psalms studied in our summer quarter! We worked with Tommy Walker, Mike Harland, and Chamel Evans to produce a 30 minute video telling the contextual…
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What do little children, a rich man, and a big camel all have in common? If you’re expecting a funny punch line here, there’s not one. But stick with me. In Matthew 19, little children, a rich man, and a big camel all come together to make one enormously significant point. Little Children First, little…
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I hold Scripture in higher esteem than anything, but I have at times allowed the personal stories in my messages to overshadow the message’s Scripture content. Our illustrations should be the back-up singers and the Bible should always be the rockstar of our sessions and sermons, but when we devote too much time or energy an…
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It is possible that one of the original recipients of the book of Ruth read the entire thing without realizing why it was entirely significant until he or she arrived at the final word; the name “David.” The first generation of Ruth readers were Hebrews. They would have immediately been familiar with the concept of…
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In Exodus 18, we find Moses worn out by a day of being judge. Jethro, his father-in-law, suggested that Moses train others to help. He suggested organizing the nation into groups of 1,000s, 100s, 50s, and 10s, with a capable and trained judge placed over each group. Sounds reasonable and simple enough. But think about…
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