Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 2 Peter 1-3 Chapter three reminds us that Jesus Christ is indeed coming again!!!! Down through the centuries, the reality of that wonderful promise has formed the foundation of the Christian motivation. It is the church’s blessed hope, it should be our utmost longing, and it is the great…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Ecclesiastes 9-10 Saturday: Zachariah 9-14 Sunday: Acts 17-18 “All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good,…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 134-136 Have you ever really considered what it is to truly worship the Lord? The word worship carries with it the idea of “worth.” We demonstrate how much we value God by the way we worship Him. Worship is not something we do between 11 and 12 o’clock on…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Ezra 6-10 God created all of nature after a particular design including people. Nature offers not just clever metaphors but true reflections of the amazing way the created world works. Nature displays a high degree of interactive design. I would like to share of my favorite illustrations. In the…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Deuteronomy 10-13 We often sing one of the great hymns of the faith entitled “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” We may have sung this hymn without realizing that the writer did not invent those phrases; he was merely quoting Scripture… quoting the prophet Jeremiah, in fact. What is noteworthy about those…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: 1 Peter 4-5 Yesterday, we were challenged by Dr. David Gibbs III from Acts 4. These early church heroes endured amazing hardship in order to spread the amazing gospel of Jesus Christ. Their perspective was eternally focused, and certainly not fixated on the temporal. You probably have never heard…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Ecclesiastes 7-8 Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule:Zachariah 1-7 Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule:Acts 15-16 I have been spending much time in the preaching this year reminding us of the importance of an eternal perspective to our everyday living. It is not uncommon to find people who treat serious matters lightly while holding…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Psalm 131-133 The more a believer matures spiritually, the more childlike his faith will become. Growing to trust God involves assuming many of the qualities of a young child who looks to his parents with an unquestioning acceptance and unwavering reliance. This is not to say that believers should be…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Ezra 1-5 From the viewpoint of ordinary human beings, life appears governed by power and wealth, by international relationships built on confusing alliances of greed and self-interest, and by policies that come and go without enduring purpose. It probably seemed so to those who lived around the Mediterranean Sea and…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Deuteronomy 5-9 Although we are often struck by the enormity and complexity of the truths contained in Scripture, God’s Word from time to time crystallizes vast concepts into brief, pithy statements. What Jesus called “the first and greatest commandment” is one of these. “And thou shalt love the LORD thy…