The Error of Oversimplifying Bible Study
THE ERROR OF OVERSIMPLIFYING BIBLE STUDY In America, we live in a microwave society in which people want something now and without much effort. The main course and all the sides come frozen in a box from the grocery store. All one has to do is slit the...
A BIBLICALLY URGENT LIFE (Sermon Preached August 18, 2019)
A BIBLICALLY URGENT LIFE Sermon Preached 18 AUGUST 2019 at Fairview Community Church Fairview, Tennessee The title of this morning’s sermon is A Biblically Urgent Life. The text for this morning’s sermon is Colossians 4:5–6 (ESV), which reads: 5 Walk in wisdom toward...
What the Bible Teaches about Salvation is Real!
This particular post is a little out of character from my typical posts, but I believe it is worthwhile. In some sense, it tracks the overall thrust of an article (February 5, 2019) by Michael Kelley entitled “3 Things that Keep Christians from Living with a...
Praying Luke 24:45 Before You Begin Bible Reading
This blog post is the fourth (and final) of four blog posts that together consider the four verses in a September 21, 2015, article entitled “Four Prayers for Bible Reading,” by Pastor David Mathis, in which he discusses four verses to pray before one begins to open...
Praying James 1:22 Before You Begin Bible Reading
This blog post is the third of four blog posts that together consider the four verses in a September 21, 2015, article entitled “Four Prayers for Bible Reading” by Pastor David Mathis, in which he discusses four verses to pray before one begins to open God’s...