II Corinthians 6:11-7:1 Thank you so much for joining us for today’s teaching, we are honored to be with you and look forward to learning from God’s Word together. As an introduction to today’s lesson, I’d like you to think about this question. If you had only one word to describe God, what word would […]
Luke 12:22-34 There once was a king who had all this world could afford. But the thing he loved most was to laugh. Once while he was being entertained, a jester came along. He wanted to join in the festival and perform for the king. His opportunity came and he put on the best comical […]
Mark 6:7-13 One significant difference between the setting in Luke 9 and today is hospitality. In biblical culture, hospitality was a requirement! The widow in Zarephath took her last food and gave it to the prophet Elijah. She had no idea God would use her obedience to sustain her and her son, yet she showed […]
Mark 6:7-13 When I was in junior high school, one of the classes we boys had to take was woodshop. The teacher was eccentric, but I learned some fundamentals of woodworking in that class. Of course, the best part was using essential hand tools to build simple projects. Because of that positive experience, I […]
I Timothy 2:11-15 I had the privilege, or misfortune, of growing up in the 1960s and 70s. During that time, the concept of authority was trashed in favor of personal autonomy. The mantra of that era was “no one is going to tell me how to live.” It led to the wholesale rejection of moral […]
II Cor. 1:23-2:11 We are honored to be with you today, thank you for joining us. Last week we had the first session about the heart of a Godly leader and this week we will continue our teaching on this topic. We are looking at the qualities that show the heart of a Godly leader. […]
II Cor. 1:23-2:11 It is good to be here with you, thank you for joining us on Hope for Today and today we are going to look at the Heart of a Godly Leader. This lesson covers two weeks, we will start it today and finish it next week. Some of you may be thinking, […]
The Mystery of the Kingdom Mark 4:21-34 In Ephesians 5, in the context of his teaching about marriage oneness, Paul wrote, “This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.” In First Corinthians 15, he wrote, “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be […]
Exodus 34:18-28 It is good to be with you again, thanks for being there, and thanks for listening to Hope for Today. Our title today is “Details are Important” and it is taken from Exodus 34. As I was thinking about this title and looking at Exodus 34, I thought about a question I have […]
A Fruitful Life: Part 1 Mark 4:1-20 As we continue our study of Mark’s Gospel, we come to the record of Jesus’ teaching that’s often called “The Parable of the Sower.” You’ll notice as we read Mark 8:1-20 that the sower is only mentioned twice, once in verse 3 and again in verse 14. […]
