This Sunday, our series on the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount continues again with the fourth beatitude from chapter 5, verse 6.  We’re going to look at this particular beatitude again this week.  Remember Jesus says that the blessed, approved of God person is the one who hungers and thirsts after righteousness.  It…

This Sunday, our series on the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount continues with the fourth beatitude from chapter 5, verse 6.  This time Jesus says the blessed, approved of God person is the one who hungers and thirsts after righteousness.  Jesus now speaks of our spiritual to desire to do, and to be…

This Sunday, we continue our series on the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount.  We are now on the 3rd beatitude from chapter 5, verse 5.  Blessed, that is, to be approved of God, is the promise of these beatitudes that we are studying.  This time we look at the 3rd beatitude, which is…

This Sunday, we continue our series on Matthew 5-7, looking at the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount.  We are now on the 2nd beatitude from chapter 5, verse 4.  In these verses 9 times we are called blessed, that is, to be approved of God, and that is what we are in Christ. …

This Sunday, we take a break, and step aside from our series in the gospel of John and start a new series on Matthew 5-7, looking at the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount.  We start with verses 1-3 of chapter 5, looking at the first of the 9 times we, as believers, are…

This Sunday in our series (verse-by-verse study) in the gospel of John; we are finishing chapter 11, looking at verses 45-57; where we have looked at this major miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead.  We have seen what is most important in this miracle; that Jesus (God) has power over life and death.  And…

This Sunday in our series (verse-by-verse study) in the gospel of John; we are in chapter 11, looking now at verses 18-44; which is the center of this major miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead.  But what is most important?  The miracle of raising a man that has been dead 4 days?  Well that…

This Sunday, we are continuing our series (verse-by-verse study) in the gospel of John; now looking at chapter 11, verses 1-17.  In this passage, Jesus is now doing ministry on the other side of Jordan in the area of Perea.  He went there to escape out of the hands of the Pharisees (Jews, end of…

This Sunday, we continue our series (verse-by-verse study) in the gospel of John; looking at chapter 10, verses 31-42.  In this passage, we see Jesus’ continued conversation with the Pharisees and others as things get rather heated with these religious leaders (they want to stone Him)!  Instead of hearing Him out they are ready to…

This Sunday, Mother’s Day, we continue our series (verse-by-verse study) in the gospel of John; we are continuing to look at chapter 10, verses 22-30.  In the second part of this passage, we look more closely at the benefits of a believer. Jesus has just told the Jews (Pharisees) that had just asked Him about…