The baptism of Jesus is easily misunderstood. We often understand this important event as Jesus simply going into the Jordan River and being baptized just like any other human being is baptized. What we fail to grasp is the deep significance of the meaning of God’s voice from heaven at Jesus’s baptism. The biblical text … Continue Reading
God’s holiness means he will deal fully and finally with sin and its corrupting effects. God’s grace and mercy (demonstrated in Jesus) mean that sinners can be forgiven. God’s goodness means our future is one of joy and peace, not fear. God’s power and sovereignty mean that he will restore all things. Jesus’ resurrection is … Continue Reading
When we begin to talk about spiritual warfare, Christians either overemphasis it, or underemphasize it. It is important to have a balanced and proper understanding of spiritual warfare, which is what the last lesson in “The Life of Jesus” tries to do in a lesson entitled, Jesus casts out demons. In this blog, I would … Continue Reading
I remember asking my son after church one week what he had learning at church that day. His reply, “Jesus was tempted by… that other guy.” I laughed. That was not the deeper meaning of the temptation that we should understand in this event. While we often understand this temptation simply as Jesus defeating Satan, … Continue Reading
Love is a difficult feeling to express in words. Exploring what love is not can help us to get a picture of what love actually is. “If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them … Continue Reading
Guest-blog post from Dr. Matt Williams of the Deeper Connections DVD Bible Studies Jesus heals a blind man in John chapter nine. To most of us, this seems like a pretty cool miracle, and it is, but there is so much more behind this miracle that we miss because we do not understand the first … Continue Reading
Guest-blog post from Dr. Matt Williams of the Deeper Connections DVD Bible Studies Do you ever feel like you are too far gone for God to forgive you? Or, maybe you feel like he might forgive you, but he does it grudgingly? This fear is the main reason that I published The Forgiveness of Jesus … Continue Reading
Whom do you think would be the best fit for creating a Bible study curriculum? A pastor? A Sunday school teacher? A theologian? While any of these individuals could do an excellent job providing valuable lessons on the Scriptures, what if you could get your Bible study straight from the top New Testament professors in … Continue Reading
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Summer’s here! And you know what that means: a lot of Bible studies go on summer break! But what if your group wants to continue diving into the Word? After all, there are only so many out-of-town weeks you can take, right? If your Bible study leader needs a break (maybe YOU’RE the leader), we’ve … Continue Reading
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