Medina Bible Church: Recent Episodes
Medina Bible Church
In this introduction to Peter's first epistle, we look at God's greatness in how he chooses us, changes us, and comforts - encourages us.
In Part 2 of this series, we examine the third certainty that God provides His children- victory over sin and Satan.
In this lesson, we look at two common interpretive errors-- Generalization and Experientializing.
In this message, we examine two of five assurances that God provides His children from I John 5-13-17 - The assurance of eternal life, and the assurance of answered prayer.
In this message, we examine the three objective witnesses mentioned in I John 5.- We consider who they are, their authority, what they say about Jesus Christ, and how we should respond.
Thanksgiving is a non-negotiable characteristic of a true believer.- In this message, we look at four aspects of a believer's joyful giving of thanks to God from Psalm 100.
What does it mean when children are commanded to honor and obey their parents in Scripture-- In this message, we will examine the command to obey, the reason to obey, the reward for obedience, and the framework for supporting obedience.
In Session 3 of the Encouragement for Parents in a Discouraging World conference, Pastor Don Green explains the doctrine of divine providence as it relates to parenting.
Moderated by Pastor Mark Rice, Don Green answers questions about parenting, submitted by attendees of the Encouragement for Parents in a Discouraging World conference.- This session begins with a question about a Christian mother raising children with an unbelieving spouse.
Pastor Don Green closes out the Encouragement for Parents in a Discouraging World conference with a message on four principles to help build your trust in God as you raise your children.
In Session 2 of the Encouragement for Parents in a Discouraging World conference, we look at the realm, the restraint, and the responsibility of parenting.
In Session 1 of the Encouragement for Parents in a Discouraging World, Pastor Don Green opens with a message on the basis for biblical parenting-- The eternal love of God.
This lesson focuses on three common interpretive errors- Redefining, Anglicizing, and Mysticizing, and the principles of hermeneutics that can help us avoid these errors.
This message is a quick chronological run through several key moments in Christ's life, focusing on his early years and public ministry.
Chapter five of First John brings together an unbreakable triad of characteristics that can be found in every believer.- In this message, we examine why faith, love, and obedience are all vital results of the new birth that takes place with salvation.
In this lesson, we examine four erroneous approaches to Bible interpretation-- Embellishing, methodologizing, accommodation, and culturalization.
In I John 4-19-5-3, John provides us a test which we can use to identify counterfeit love for God.- In this message, we look at the basis, the explanation, and the justification for this test of counterfeit love.
In this message from I John 4-13-18, we examine two soul-comforting benefits that we receive when God's love is perfected in our lives.
In Part 2 of Cutting it Straight for Yourself, we look at steps 4 through 9 for studying scripture-- Investigation, Interpretation, Correlation, Personalization, Appropriation, and Proclamation.- Please note that Part 1 was not recorded, but there is a brief recap of steps 1 through 3 -Affirmation, Preparation, and Observation- at the beginning of this lesson.
In Part 2 of this series, we examine the final four of six truths about the source of love to determine why the love of the brethren is a genuine test of salvation.
This survey of Paul's letter to Philemon focuses on the main theme of love, and ten ways it is demonstrated throughout the letter.
In this lesson, we answer six crucial questions about Bible study tools in order to help us be careful students of God's word.
In this message, we will look at the first two of six truths about the source of love.- These truths prove that the test of love is a true litmus test for being a child of God.
How did we get the Bible that we have today, and can we trust that it is true and accurate to what was originally written- In this lesson, we will examine what the Bible claims about itself, the publishing process, principles used by the early church in recognizing true scripture, and the completeness of the canon.
Without the consistent practice of discernment, the true believer is vulnerable to attack.- In this message, we examine two timeless tests which you must employ to discern the true spiritual origin of any teacher or preacher of God's word today.
Studying the word of God reveals God to us.- In this introduction to our series on How to Study the Bible, we answer some basic questions about God's Word, and why we should study it.
In Part 3 of this series, we focus on verses 23 and 24 of I John 3, and examine the fifth and sixth builders of our assurance-- Obedience and the Holy Spirit.
If you are truly saved, God wants you to know that.-In Part 2 of this series, we examine the third and fourth of six builders of our assurance-- A clear conscience, and prayer.
Assurance is a real blessing for the child of God.- In this series, we will look at 6 builders of assurance of salvation from I John 3-19-24.- In this message, we focus on the first two of these assurance-builders from verses 19 and 20.
If love of the brethren is not a characteristic of your life, you should have no assurance of salvation.-In the conclusion to this two-part series, we examine the third and fourth reasons why true believers can be conclusively identified by their love for the brethren.
Is love for the brethren an ongoing pattern in your life-- In Part 1 of this series, we look at the first two of four reasons why believers can be conclusively identified by their love for one another.
In Part 3 of our series on sanctification, we answer this-- How do we cooperate with God's work of progressive sanctification-
Continuing on the subject of sanctification, we focus on this question-- Why is sanctification so hard-
As we reach I John 3-9, questions can arise about the sanctification of believers.- In this message, we will employ several passages to answer the first two of six guiding questions about sanctification.
Do you consider yourself a sinner or a saint-- In this message, we will see how Scripture defines both -sinner- and -saint-, and how Christians should view themselves in light of this passage.
In this message from Psalm 103, we look at God's majesty and sovereignty, and how that should drive us to worship Him.
In Part 4 of this series, we focus on I John 3-9-10 and the fourth reason why true believers practice righteousness and cannot practice sin-- God's Spirit abides within them.
In Part 3 of this series, we focus on I John 3-8.- We unpack what it means that -the Son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil-, and why that means that true believers practice righteousness and cannot practice sin.
In part two of this series, we look at the second reason why all true believers practice righteousness and cannot practice sin-- Sin is incompatible with the work and person of Christ.
In this message, focusing on I John 3-4, we look at the first of four reasons why all true believers practice righteousness and cannot practice sin-- The practice of sin is incongruent with God's law.
In this message, Dr. Silvestro addresses some of the most common objections and challenges encountered when evangelizing.- We review how to biblically answer postmodernists, evolutionists, and others who have suppressed the truth in unrighteousness, and bring them back to their one true need - the gospel.
In this message, Dr. Anthony Silvestro brings us tips for making evangelism easy, including presuppositions and biblical truths that will aid and encourage us when we share our faith.
In Part 3 of this series, we focus on I John 3-3.- We discover how our hope of righteousness is vitally linked to God's current work in us.- We also review what sanctification is, and is not.
In Part 2 of this series, we focus on I John 3-2, and how our hope of righteousness is secured by God's future design for us.- Here, John gives us a glimpse of the future, so that we can have hope for the present.
We have no other hope of righteousness than God's wondrous love for us.- In this message, we unpack the necessity of righteousness, and where our hope for true righteousness is.
How does the great commission benefit us individually and as a church-- In this message, evangelist and apologist Dr. Anthony Silvestro delivers practical motivations for evangelism, rooted in the great commission as well as other scriptures.
In this special message, we look at the marvelous characteristics and works of Jesus as found throughout the book of Hebrews.
In this exposition of I John 2-29, we examine two truths about righteousness that will help us to test our faith.
In Part 6 of this series, we look at what it means to abide in the Word, focusing on verses 24, 27, and 28.
In Part 5 of this series, we focus on verses 22, 23, and 26.- We look at the 4th and 5th principles of being unashamed at Jesus' coming-- Be on guard against those who are seeking to deceive you -v.26-, and keep confessing Jesus as the Christ -v.22-23-.
In part 4 of this series, we focus on verses 20, 21, and 27 of chapter 2. We will take a look at the third principle that will help us to be unashamed at Jesus' coming-- Rely upon the illumination of the Holy Spirit to help you discern the truth of God's word.- We unpack what this means, and what it doesn't mean from a biblical perspective.
Part 3 of this series focuses primarily on verse 20, encouraging us to rely upon the Spirit to help us discern the truth of God's word.- We explore what it means and what it does not mean to rely upon the Spirit in this way.
In this message from Psalm 103, we look at the benefits of the Lord, and how God's specific characteristics should lead us to worship Him.
Focusing on I John 2-19, we examine what scripture says about those who abandon the church, as well as the perseverance of true believers.
In this message, we look at the mandate of biblical counseling, and the mission of biblical counseling, as presented in Colossians 1-28.
In I John 2-18-28, John writes to help us to not be ashamed at the coming of Jesus.- In this message, we unpack lessons for how to do that, as well as John's exhortation to watch out for those who are against us.
In this message, we focus on the third and fourth guiding truths that we need to embrace in order to love the Father-- We must wisely understand the origin of the world, and perceptively look at the future of the world.
Loving the world and loving the Father cannot coexist.- In this message, we look at the first two of four guiding truths that you must embrace to help you love God and not love the world.
In this message, we examine the assurances that John provides to believers in the midst of his tests of faith.
Jesus' parable of the talents, found in Matthew 25, provides us with valuable insights about our attitudes and motivations toward service to God.- In this message, we look at the parable with a view toward application in how we serve.
Following up on the first pillar of biblical counseling -biblical counseling proclaims the message of truth-, this message focuses mainly on the second pillar of biblical counseling-- Biblical counseling imparts biblical wisdom.
In this message we look at thirteen miracles surrounding Jesus' birth found in the first two chapters of Matthew alone.
Why is love for your brother a valid indicator of true salvation-- In this message, we look at this moral criteria given by John, and how we can examine our lives by it to know whether or not we truly have eternal life.
How do you know a true believer from someone who just claims to be a Christian-- In this message, we look at a moral test that John gives to provide his readers a clear understanding of what it means to be a Christian.
Why study hermeneutics-- Focusing on II Timothy 2-15 and other selected passages, we look at the purpose of hermeneutics -biblical interpretation-.- We then examine some of the methods, both good and bad, of biblical interpretation, and proper application of this study.
What is propitiation- Why do we need propitiation for our sin- When was Jesus Christ the propitiation for our sins- In this message, we answer these questions and more through a study of I John 2-2.
This message is a fly-through survey of the first four chapters of Daniel, with a view toward the process of Nebuchadnezzar's salvation, and how that applies to us today.
How is it that a God who is perfect can have fellowship with people who are not- In this message, we take a close look at the need for an advocate, the gift of an advocate with the Father, and the remedy of the Advocate.
What is your relationship to sin-- What do you say about your own sin-- In this message, we look at the results of claiming to have no sin nature and to not commit sinful acts.- We also review how confession of sin characterizes one who is truly in fellowship with God.
In this message, we consider the three pillars of biblical counseling, and how they apply in light of Colossians 1-28.
In Part 2 of this series, we dig deeper into what it means - and what it does not mean - to -walk in the Light-.
The inability of God to mix with darkness has profound implications for genuine fellowship with God.- The one true marker of fellowship with God is walking in the light.- In this message we explore what that means from John's first epistle and other scriptures.
In this special message from Jack Hughes, we look at important things that we need to know about God's original design for the family.
Questions from conference attenders are answered by Jack - Lisa Hughes during this session of the Marriage for the Glory of God conference.- Moderated by Pastor Mark Rice.
In this closing session of the Marriage for the Glory of God conference, we look at how to walk in the Spirit, so you don't carry out the desires of the flesh, and how walking in the Spirit relates to having a great marriage.
Session 2 of the Marriage for the Glory of God conference expounds on biblical instruction and motives for loving your spouse unconditionally.- We look at the three possible causes for all marriage problems and the importance of glorifying God with your marriage.
This breakout session for men in the Marriage for the Glory of God conference discusses how to keep the evils of this world out of our hearts.- We look at 5 things you need to know about your heart, including why and how it must be guarded to protect your marriage.
In Session 1 of the Marriage for the Glory of God conference, Pastor Jack Hughes surveys Ephesians 5-22-23 to review 4 ways the cross of Christ intersects with marriage.- Understanding how the gospel relates to your marriage is essential for glorifying God in your marriage.
People naturally tend to think of God as a stable mixture of good and evil.- It is this thinking that tempts us to sin, and causes us to get angry with God when bad things happen.- In this message, we look at the absolute holiness of God, a theology that cannot be learned from general revelation, but is vital to our Christian walk.
What is your view of Jesus Christ- In part two of this series we look at more truths about Jesus, confirmed by the apostle John, and how truly knowing Jesus grows us in joy.
What is your view of Jesus Christ-- In the first 4 verses of John's first epistle, he describes several of Jesus' attributes that he could be sure of from his time with Jesus.- In doing so, he combats erroneous teachings about Christ which still exist today.
The first message in our sermon series on First John, we take an overview of why this epistle is important to study.
Biblical counseling is a responsibility that all believers are tasked with.- This message outlines four crucial presuppositions that are needed for effective biblical counseling.
The final message in our -Why We Do What We Do- sermon series, this message outlines why we must do everything to glorify God.- Building on this principle, we look at 6 requirements for glorifying God in everything that we do.
In this message, we focus on how God's design for His church incorporates both male and female distinctives, and answer some practical questions relating to that design.
Is the trend of more and more female pastors representative of a greater transformation into the will of God, or conformity with the world-- In this message, we look at God's design for male and female roles within the church body, and specifically with regards to preaching and teaching.
In this message, Scott Burdett exposits the parable of the prodigal son, revealing truths from each of the three main characters.
In this message, we expound on the parable of the unforgiving servant from Matthew 18, and its implications with regard to our salvation.
Why is serving one another a critical part of the our worship of God-- In this message we look at four key reasons why we serve the body of Christ.
In this message, we look at three central reasons why we practice water baptism, and address some practical questions with biblical answers.
Missionary Pastor Jerry Benge gives an update on their ministry in Ukraine, followed by a message from Psalm 2 about the outcome of the righteous and the wicked, described in chapter 1.
In this message, we look at 4 biblical reasons why we celebrate the Lord's supper on a regular basis.- We also examine different views of this practice, and how we should celebrate it in light of the scriptures.