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New Opportunities for WWI
Our upcoming visit to Myanmar will include another new teaching site. Last January we traveled inland from Yangon to Taung Gyi (for the first time) to conduct a training on inductive Bible study techniques. That training was in response to a request from an evangelist in Philip’s association who had attended the training in Yangon [...]
2Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Who’s In Charge?
by Melissa Thurston
“Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”—Mark 10:35
Check out Mark 10:35-45 to read about the context of this verse. It’s a great passage about humbling ourselves just like Jesus. But there are other good things we [...]
Illuminations – Finding Forgiveness
When you’re completely honest with yourself, you probably can find something from your past that you are not at all proud of. I know I can. Much too easily!
There was a kid in our neighborhood that for no reason at all was not included in our play. In fact, whenever possible we tended to pick [...]
Encourage One Another With These Words
When we think of encouraging others, it usually involves sympathizing with them, listening to them and trying to come up with the right words to make them feel better. We have good intentions and want to be helpful but many times the words we say don’t seem to make any difference and we actually end [...]
2Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Ordinary People + Ordinary Tasks = Extraordinary Results
The threat that false teaching brings to the Christian community is always cause for serious concern. Paul knew it and did all that he could from the limitations of his arrest in Rome. He wrote letters—one of them to the believers in Colossae—-assuring believers of who they were in Christ and who Christ was in [...]
2Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Never Give Up, No Matter the Odds – Your Personal Bible Study
When we’re deep into the study of the Bible, we don’t want to get so hung up on the main teaching of a passage that we overlook any of the jewels God buried in it for us to uncover. To fully appreciate the power of God’s word we need to slow down and digest all [...]
2Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Worry—Don’t Do It!
In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus tells a parable about salvation, using the illustration of seeds planted in different types of soil and whether or not any fruit is produced from them. In the parable, there are four seeds that are planted but only one actually produces fruit. That 4th seed parallels the people who are [...]
2Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
To Set the Record Straight…
We all know the story of Noah and the flood and how he gathered the animals two by two and brought them into the Ark–a male and female of each kind so after the flood the world could be replenished. That’s what we’ve always heard. Now let’s see what the scriptures actually say.
The [...]
Getting to Know Christ
If you’re going through a tough time and need something to lean on outside yourself… if you have difficulty understanding how God can be Father, Son and Holy Spirit–all three and still just “one”… if you cannot fathom how Jesus was both God and man at the same time…
…then an in-depth study of the [...]
Bible Study: “Hastening the Coming Day of God”
Ever since Biblical times, people have speculated as to the timing of the end of the world as we know it. Well-meaning scholars have foolishly set dates for Jesus’ expected return even though clearly warned in scripture that no one knows the day or hour but the Father in heaven. However, although we do [...]
28Jul2010 | Gail Knox | 0 comments | Continued
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