Studies in the Text Archives

• Our God-Breathed Bible  (May 14, 2008)
  "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching ..."
• The Good News  (February 9, 2009)
  I've got great news--I just saved a bundle on my car insurance. This pop-cultural punchline might just expose a real problem we have in our Christian sub-culture: we don't know what the good news is.
• What's Your Name?  (March 4, 2009)
  A name is important to one?s identity. And that?s why in the story of our fathers and mothers God keeps changing people?s names.
• Exegetical Notes: 1 Timothy 2  (November 24, 2008)
• Women Energized by Grace  (November 22, 2010)
  Titus 2:1-13
• Mark - Lesson 11  (September 27, 2007)
  This week we will read of the conflict between the Pharisees and Jesus coming to a head, and if the Pharisees had the power at that time to have someone executed, it might have happened then!
• Mark - Lesson 8  (September 25, 2007)
  In the second half of Mark 5 we will see the theme continued of Jesus ministering to those who seemed beyond all hope ...
• Mark - Lesson 9  (September 26, 2007)
  Rejection, Training, and Murder
• Mark - Lesson 10  (September 27, 2007)
  We look this week at a heart of faith and compassion.
• Mark - Lesson 1  (September 21, 2007)
  The long awaited time had finally come: God, in the fullness of time, came to our world in the person of His Son.
• Mark - Lesson 2  (December 18, 2007)
  As we study this week, we will see an action-packed beginning to His ministry in the region of Galilee, and see that there is much we can learn from this as well.
• Mark - Lesson 3  (September 21, 2007)
  Let?s turn to the lessons that this chapter teaches as we look at the love of Jesus, the legalism of the religious leaders, and Jesus? ultimate lordship over the very things they accused Him of!
• Mark - Lesson 5  (September 21, 2007)
  How will you proactively seek to make the soil of your heart more receptive to His Word, beginning today?
• Mark - Lesson 4  (September 21, 2007)
  Jesus addressed the heart of our need and the need of our heart to be right with God, not just leaning on external and empty ritual.
• Mark - Lesson 6  (September 23, 2007)
  We will examine Mark 4:26-41 for the first three days of study, and spend the following two days focusing on how these things relate to our own personal growth in Christ.
• Mark - Lesson 7  (September 24, 2007)
  This week we will focus on the hopeless man long afflicted by evil, and see what we can learn through this passage that speaks to us today.
• Mark-Lesson 12  (September 27, 2007)
• Mark-Lesson 13  (September 27, 2007)
  At this time, Jesus ?steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem? (Luke 9:51 nkjv), and in this middle section of Mark we?ll see how there is a definite change in things from Caesarea Philippi on.
• Mark-Lesson 14  (September 27, 2007)
  The first half of Mark 10 addresses five teachings of Jesus that are important for us to know and to practice in our lives. Let?s hear what Jesus said about these topics.
• Mark-Lesson 15  (September 27, 2007)
  This week we will complete Mark 10 and examine the transition toward the last part of the Gospel, as well as Jesus? definition and example of servanthood.