07-18-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief (Part 11)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 11: Angels: God's Secret Agents! Studying both good and evil angels in Scripture is not just fascinating, it's necessary! Our world is absorbed and enchanted with angels, often believing incorrect things. Our fascination with the spirit world and its a…

07-11-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief (Part 10)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 10: SATAN: The Ultimate Arch-Enemy! So, have you got thoughts on what or who satan is? Of course you do; we all do! But the question remains: who's picture do we have in mind? Our own? Someone else's? A book? A video? A preacher or teacher? Well, let's…

07-04-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief (Part 9)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 9: FAITH: The Substance of Things Hoped For...(Session 2) In this second session of our two-part segment on "faith," we'll tackle Hebrews 11:1 as well as the chapter at large. While some contend that verse 1 gives us a "definition" of faith, I submit t…

06-27-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief (Part 8)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 8: FAITH: Don't Leave Home Without It! (Session 1) Our goal today is to put some "Bible basics" to work an help us see through the fog and put some genuine handles on the word and concept of "faith." This will be the first of two sessions on this topic…

06-20-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief (Part 7)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 7: Salvation: the Ultimate Search & Rescue Operation! What if you were asked to sum up the main theme of the entire Bible in ONE word! Could you do it? Well, that one word would be "REDEMPTION." Our concept of salvation is actually best understood as t…

06-13-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief (Part 6)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 6: "SIN & the Solution: The Big Deal Revisited!" A key New Testament person who had a personal and dramatic awakening of the solution to his human condition, was the apostle Paul. Previously known as Saul, his resume included being a Pharisee of Phari…

06-06-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief (Part 5)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 5: "SIN: What's the Big Deal Anyway?" The late Phyllis McGinley, American author of children's books and poetry, and surprisingly a Roman Catholic, once defined the human condition this way: "People are no longer sinful. They're only immature, or unde…

05-30-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief (Part 4)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 4: The Holy Spirit: a "HE" or an "IT?" When it comes to the"Trinity," it seems that the Holy Spirit is the mysterious one! We're sometimes not quite sure what do do with "him," or "it!" Yet the Bible is chock full of references from Genesis to Revelati…

05-23-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief (Part 3)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 3: The God Who Reveals Himself in Jesus Christ! In our journey through the fundamental beliefs of our faith, we're likely, at some point, to ask the question: Is there really such a thing as "the God-Man," as Christianity claims? Did Jesus really claim…

05-16-24 BIBLE BASICS: Building Block of Belief (Part 2)

BIBLE BASICS: Building Blocks of Belief Part 2: The God Who Reveals Himself as One, Yet Three! Why does it matter that we understand the nature of God, and so hold the conviction known as the doctrine of the Trinity? In our day, the desire to snuff out the doctrine of the nature of god is intense…