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This week's Midweek study is brought to us by Polishing the Pulpit from the 2016 Convention.
This study was prerecorded to be used as our Mid-Week Bible Study during the current social distancing situation.
We apologize for the audio cutting out. We experienced some technical difficulties but thought this message so insightful and powerful that it would stand even with the missing clips.
Will laughing at the truth and mocking Scripture change what that Scripture teaches about that truth?
Abraham had hope when it just didn't make sense to have hope, unless God was going to do something special. Faith isn't without evidence, but sometimes that evidence rests solely on the faithfulness of the Lord.
Psalm 73 records the musings of a man who is questioning his faith because of the prosperity of the wicked. But looks can be deceiving.
As Paul gets older and foresees his time on earth coming to a close given his current imprisonment, he writes one last letter to his young apprentice.
This sermon was first preached by Dan Winkler at the 2017 Polishing the Pulpit Sunday morning worship in Sevierville, TN and shown at Warm Springs Rd. during our Sunday morning Bible study on December 31, 2017.
As Christians, we are called to train our hearts to see everyone is part of the image of God. That image means we are to respect, honor and cherish human life above all other types of life.
The concept of Christians going to other Christians in sin is undeniable, but how to do that is always a question that we often fail to answer.
2 Chronicles records the lives and reign of 2 Kings, with 2 very similar beginnings but with 2 drastically different endings. Kings Ahaz and Manasseh show us the effect turning to God can have verses turning our backs on Him.
Pain often comes because of our sins or the sins of another. But no matter what the cause of the grief, it is always for God's glory.
Wars are won and lost by leadership. The same can be said of the battle for the Faith. When we find the Christians to whom Peter writes 1 Peter 5, they are in the middle of a real war for their faith, and Peter wants to talk to the Leadership.
Stewardship is often the word for a discussion on money or time, but what if I told you that it is less about care of physical/monetary blessings or time management and more about doing what God called you to do with what He called you to do it with?
1 Peter 3 begins with an explanation of how spouses may convert their significant others to Jesus. It ends by explaining that the same principles work for converting the world.
The most difficult relationship to maintain is that of a marriage. Given hardships or persecution, that difficulty becomes even more so. But what if your spouse isn't even a Christian yet?
It is one thing to simply put away bitterness towards our wrongdoers and it is yet another to honor them! Jesus' crucifixion is a perfect illustration of the later.
In the face of persecution for their faith, Peter encouraged the Christians who were scattered to do one main thing; put away any bitterness towards those persecuting them.
Grief is a necessary tool for unending faith. Without it, we do not know what we are capable of withstanding.