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New Testament

The Day of the Lord: A Day of Contrasts

This Lord’s Day, we enter chapter five of the New Testament book of 1 Thessalonians. The Apostle Paul is instructing the Thessalonian believers on “The Day of the Lord.” This day of all days is one of contrast. For the unbeliever, it is a day of terror and destruction. For the believer, it is a day of joy and deliverance. In light of this day, Paul is directing the Thessalonians believers on how to live for it will come suddenly like a thief in the night.

At the End of the Day

COLOSSIANS 1:9-14-And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;…

What Type of Christian Are We Known As?

PHILEMON 3-7 – Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become…

The 2nd Coming of the Lord Jesus; A Believer’s Joy and Unbeliever’s Terror

This Lord’s Day, we continue our journey through the New Testament book of 1 Thessalonians. Our text finds the Apostle Paul encouraging believers with the return of the Lord Jesus; a time of great joy for believers and judgment for all. Living in light of the 2nd coming of Jesus is the way of the Christian life.

Our Unchanging God

HEBREWS 1:10-12 – “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have…

The Trauma of Holiness

LUKE 5:1-10 – On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to…