Ben Church of Christ

A charcter of small stature gives reason for some interesting study - Zacchaeus is our topic.

The concept of wroship typically is associated with religion and a god of some kind. We start a student on the worship component as part of the purpose of the institute of the church. What does it mean? We answer as we build a foundation on Worship to our God.

We look closely at the role of preachers and specifically who can fill that role?

Baptism has a purpose, accomplishes a number of things. What does it not accomplish?

Looking at lessons from examples of two first century servants and leaders.

Gleaning from some basic but powerful lessons from the book of Psalms.

As a child of God and a servant of God there are exectations. What does it mean to be worthy - and what are some examples. We look more closely at 2 Thess 1:11-12.

Preaching is one of the many things that has evolved, yet we have some pretty clear instructions on the role of the preacher and the primary purposes. Let's consider preaching.....

Solid lessons from the book of Psalms

Grace is foundational to our relationship with God. Yet there are many views of Grace - let's consider as we open the Bible.

One of the roles of the church is to have someone in a role of a preacher or minister. What exactly is that role? Where do their sermons come from? Are their guides that are given? Let's consider how preachers fit into the overall mission of the institute of the church.

A look at a well-known passage and how it applies to the relationship God has with his people.

One of the missions of the church is for its members to be missionaries - as in someone on a mission. While there is a place to teachers and preachers members have a tremendous influence on others - possibly the reason we all are called to be ministers....

A reminder of not just the value, but the importance to Christians to carefully consider this memorial Christ established for his followers.

Samaria served Jehovah but others gods as well. How did that go? We consider lessons from old in looking at the example, albeit a bad example, of Samaria.

Along with the mission of the government and the home, the Church has been given very specifics goals to accomplish. We continue our study on institutes as we start our focus on the institute of the assembly of God's people - The Church.

We take another step into the results of the Grace of God. What happens when man accepts that grace? How do we know we are where we should be in His eyes?

What is the sequence of Grace, Faith and Works? While it might seem as non-important but getting this in the right sequence can have a drastic change in results.

Poor decisions used to come with consequences. So, what happened? First, we see the lines drawn for right and wrong have moved and then consequences for the wrong also moved. Let's remind ourselves that God has established right and wrong, along with consequences for each.

God established institutions to serve specific needs. What is the purpose or what are the needs that the family meet? There are some very specific points that God's word brings out, considering this vital component of society. Let's consider - God's use of the home.

Institutes are in place to carry out particular tasks in most instances. While the Bible does not have a great deal to say about Government, there are a lot of lessons through time-related to such. But there are some specific words related to the task the Government is to achieve. And it might surprise you what it is. Let's consider.....

God's thoughts are greater than man's thoughts, just as the heavens are higher than the earth. So, just how far "off" can man's thinking be? We consider more lessons from the Old Law during the time of Samuel as the people of God lost sight of truth and how far they deceived themselves is a lesson worth remembering

Can we be bught. It seems that through the years man has managed to sell-out at some level. Achan brought about trouble for all of Israel for what seems to be a not-so-bad decision. It cost him, his family, his posessions and even more - a costly mistake.

We really don't like it when things don't go the way we want - almost childlike as we have discussed. We have great examples of faith where belivers followed God to the greatest degree - but then some others that had some other ideas. Peter went back to fishing - or so it seems even if briefly, but then something interesting happened.... let's consider our plans vs God's.

So what happens when we decide God could use a second opinion, a different perspective or a helping hand? Abram and Sarai seemed to give this some consideration when things didn't go as planned.