“I would OBVIOUSLY follow God if He talked directly to me.” In last Sunday’s Rooted Sunday school Zoom meeting, I encouraged my class to stay in the Word of God. Something in my Bible reading jumped out to me that morning like it never had before. Solomon had the law, and several of David’s Psalms, so he definitely knew better than to take all those wives, but in 1 Kings 11 he ignored the Pentateuch. “Well… maybe it was just a cultural thing, and all his concubines were just part of what they did back then. You can’t really blame
Read more →Start With Your Toothbrush Some tools—dentist drills, for example—are used only by specialists. I would not recommend drilling out your own cavities. However, other tools—toothbrushes, for example—are for everyone. I do recommend you use a toothbrush daily. Do not leave your teeth cleaning up to your dentist. Your annual checkup does not count as good hygiene. Use the tools you have. A specialist’s tools might do incredible work, but only the specialist knows how to use them. Sure, anyone can learn dentistry over time, but it makes sense for everyone to just start with a toothbrush. If you are a
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Probabilities and Prophecies Prophecies of Scripture verify that the Bible is real—that it is God’s Word. Only a fool would deny that Jesus Christ was a real, historical figure (basically every historian agrees that he was a real, living person), yet many people still choose to ignore the prophecies that surround this man, Jesus. Scores of prophecies were told hundreds of years before Jesus was born. Prophets wrote down their “guesses” as to how this man would live, act and die, and all of their “guesses” came true. Some prophets predicted his birth, some his death. Some predicted his name, some
Read more →I tell people often that there are about five people who have shaped the direction of my life, and they are the top five people I respect the most. Bro. Sam Davison is one of them. He was my pastor all through college and taught me to love the Word of God like I never had before. I appreciate Bro. Sam’s kind and thoughtful words in the foreword of the book BIBS: Big Idea Bible Study, available from Calvary Baptist Publications. Here is his text as it is found in the book: Though I had been involved in Bible College work before 1998,
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I preached the Big Idea Bible Study (BIBS) concepts to our church in a 4-week miniseries back in August, 2015. The following is preaching outline #4, adapted from the book BIBS: Big Idea Bible Study, available from Calvary Baptist Publications. I preached through a more extensive series when explaining the concepts to our teens, spending several weeks within each section (Observation, Interpretation, Application), but this mini-series covers the highlights. See below for the Preaching Outline for the explanation of the third step in Bible study: APPLICATION: See the other sermons in the series here: BIBS 1 – Introduction BIBS 2 – Observation BIBS 3 – Interpretation
Read more →I preached the Big Idea Bible Study (BIBS) concepts to our church in a 4-week miniseries back in August, 2015. The following is preaching outline #3, adapted from the book BIBS: Big Idea Bible Study, available from Calvary Baptist Publications. I preached through a more extensive series when explaining the concepts to our teens, spending several weeks within each section (Observation, Interpretation, Application), but this miniseries covers the highlights. See below for the Preaching Outline for the explanation of the second step in Bible study: INTERPRETATION: See the other sermons in the series here: BIBS 1 – Introduction BIBS 2 – Observation BIBS 4 – Application
Read more →I preached the Big Idea Bible Study (BIBS) concepts to our church in a 4-week miniseries back in August, 2015. The following is preaching outline #2, adapted from the book BIBS: Big Idea Bible Study, available from Calvary Baptist Publications. I preached through a more extensive series when explaining the concepts to our teens, spending several weeks within each section (Observation, Interpretation, Application), but this miniseries covers the highlights. See below for the Preaching Outline for the explanation of the first step in Bible study: OBSERVATION: See the other sermons in the series here: BIBS 1 – Introduction BIBS 3 – Interpretation BIBS 4
Read more →I preached the Big Idea Bible Study (BIBS) concepts to our church in a 4-week miniseries back in August, 2015. The following is preaching outline #1, adapted from the book BIBS: Big Idea Bible Study, available from Calvary Baptist Publications. I preached through a more extensive series when explaining the concepts to our teens, spending several weeks within each section (Observation, Interpretation, Application), but the miniseries covers the highlights. See below for the Preaching Outline for the introductory sermon: See the other sermons in the series here: BIBS 2 – Observation BIBS 3 – Interpretation BIBS 4 – Application
Read more →CLOSE YOUR MOUTH (30 Verses) Pro. 3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. Pro. 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. (Distorted, crookedness) Pro. 10:13-14 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. 14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. Pro. 10:18-19He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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