Ezra’s Commitment  Ezra 7:1-10 Between Ezra 6 and 7 fifty-seven years have passed. Now finally, God raised up Ezra, the scribe and priest to go back to Jerusalem and bring a revival to Israel. The first five verses are the presentation of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
God our Father Ephesians 1:15-17 On Father’s Day we think about fathers. I thought it might be appropriate to look at the greatest father of all – God the Father. We find in the New Testament several descriptive phrases describing our heavenly... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The Temple Completed  Ezra 5-6 When we come to Ezra 5, Israel has been back to the land a long time. Cyrus the king of Persia sent them back to the land. About two years late they began building the altar and then they laid the foundation for... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Epaphras the Slave of Christ  Colossians 4:12-13 As Paul closes his letter to the Colossians he mentions several people who seemed to be a part of his ministry team. Last Sunday we met two of them, Tychicus and Onesimus. Today we meet perhaps the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“How Real is the Lord to You?”  Hebrews 11:27 A.W. Tozer wrote: “To most people God is an inference, not a reality. He is a deduction from evidence which they consider adequate; but He remains personally unknown to the individual. He must be, they... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“Our Suffering Savior”  Isaiah 53:1-6 This is the season we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. But before He was resurrected from the dead, He died on the cross for our sins. Like His birth at Bethlehem, His death on Calvary was... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Our God Who is Near and Who is also Far Off   Jeremiah 23:23-25 In Jeremiah 23, the LORD spoke to Jeremiah about the false prophets. These prophets did not prophecy the Word of God. They taught false messages and said they spoke for the LORD... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
That You Might Know that I am the LORD Isaiah 45:1-7 We used to teach our children to sing, “My God is so big/ so strong and so mighty/ there’s nothing my God cannot do” While we profess and proclaim with great zeal we believe this truth, far... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
He is Coming Again  John 14:1-3 and other texts The cornerstone promise for us who belong to the Lord is that He is coming again. God’s grace given to us makes us look for this coming. “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
I Will Be Their God and They Will Be My People  Genesis 17:8 We will take a trip tonight down the lane of Biblical revelation to trace one concept that speaks of our God’s purpose for us. We want to discover how God wants to be our God and... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]