Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. We are spending this month looking at James’ teachings on how to have authentic faith especially during trying times. James 1 tells us that God is using trials to make us mature and complete so that we lack nothing. Therefore, we must let steadfastness have its full effect. Further, James tells us that we need […] The post REWIND: Faith When Angry (James 1:19-21)...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. We are starting a short series for our Sunday evenings in January called Authentic. The purpose of this series is to see how the scriptures picture how we can have a real faith and be real disciples. Now if you think about books in God’s word that give pictures of what faith looks like, James […] The post REWIND: Faith In Trials (James 1:1-4) appeared first on Bib...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. Up to this point we have been reading about various prophecies of hope in what is often called “the book of consolation” in Jeremiah 30-33. But as we come to Jeremiah 33 God will do something different with Jeremiah. Rather than giving another prophetic message, God is going to have Jeremiah act out this particular […] The post Christ, Our Goodness (Jeremiah 32) a...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. We have been looking at the book of consolation which is contained in Jeremiah 30-33 in which God is proclaiming to the people the future hope that will come when Christ comes. You can see throughout this section of Jeremiah that repeated promise that “the days are coming.” Messianic hope still exists for God’s people. […] The post Christ, Our Covenant Maker (Jere...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. How do you know if you belong to God or not? How do you know if you are in a relationship with the Lord? One of Paul’s purposes in the book of Romans is to teach the answer to these questions. Since the wrath of God has been revealed from heaven and the gospel is […] The post The Heart of the Gospel (Romans 2:12-29) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. This paragraph begins with a jarring truth declaration: God will repay each person according to their works (Romans 2:6). This is a repeated declaration that is made throughout the scriptures. The psalmist states that this is true. Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God, and that to you, […] The post The Pursuit of the Gospel (Roma...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. When we look at the prophets we are often able to find sections when God turns his attention to speaking about a future hope for his people. For example, in the book of Isaiah we see a shift in chapter 40 when God through Isaiah starts proclaiming what the future will look like for his […] The post Christ, Our Healer (Jeremiah 30) appeared first on Biblical Truths...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. In 2 Samuel 12 the prophet Nathan comes to King David after David had sexually sinned with Bathsheba and attempted to cover up the pregnancy by killing Bathsheba’s husband and marrying her. So Nathan must come to David with a story about a rich man and a poor man. The rich man had a very […] The post The Kindness of the Gospel (Romans 2:1-5) appeared first on Bibl...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. Isaiah 40 is the proclamation of good news. God is giving words of comfort to his people so that they will stand on high mountains proclaiming, “Behold your God!” (Isaiah 40:9). Then Isaiah pictures the immense power and majesty of God. Isaiah 40 is to help us have the right lens of the Lord when […] The post Wait For The Lord (Isaiah 40:27-31) appeared first on B...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. We are looking at Romans 1 in which the apostle Paul is teaching what happens to us as humans and as a culture when we fail to honor God and give him thanks. Three times in Romans 1 we are told that God gives us over to our sinful desires (cf. Romans 1:24,26,28). In the […] The post The Destruction Without the Gospel (Romans 1:28-32) appeared first on Biblical Tru...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. First Kings 13 set the tone for the spiritual condition of the northern nation called Israel under the reign of King Jeroboam. Some time back we studied about a man of God coming to Jeroboam and pronouncing judgment for his sins. Jeroboam attempted to have the man of God arrested, only to have his arm […] The post REWIND: Get Behind Me, Lord (1 Kings 14:1-20) appe...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. The year is 605 BC, the year of the Babylonian invasion by Nebuchadnezzar into the nation of Judah. This was the first of three invasions until Jerusalem was captured, the nation destroyed, and the majority of the people are carried away into captivity. Jehoakim is the king of Judah at this time and God is […] The post REWIND: Jeremiah 36, Cutting Out God’s...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. We have a song in our songbook titled, “Where Could I Go?” The first verse talks about the difficulty of facing temptations. So then the question is asked, “Where could I go but to the Lord?” The second verse speaks about having good neighbors. But when my soul needs manna from above, where could I […] The post Incomparable Sovereign: Where Could I Go But To The L...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. We are coming to a text in God’s word that is full of controversy and resistance. But we should not be surprised by this because of what the apostle Paul declared earlier in Romans 1. In Romans 1:21 we learn that when we do not honor God and give him thanks then we will become […] The post The Corruption Without the Gospel (Romans 1:24-27) appeared first on Biblic...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. In Isaiah 40, the Lord speaks through Isaiah to his people to give them comfort. The greatest comfort you can ever have in this world is knowing God. No one cares about you more than God does. God wants the people to see him the right way. The people think that God does not care […] The post Wise Creator (Isaiah 40:12-17) appeared first on Biblical Truths from Wes...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. In Romans 1:18-20 the apostle Paul has made a very important point regarding the gospel. No one has an excuse before God. There is no one in the world that can say on the day of judgment that they are excused from knowing God. Why? The reason why all are without excuse is because God […] The post The Exchange of the Gospel (Romans 1:21-25) appeared first on Biblic...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. How do you look at God? When you think about God, what do you think about? What characteristics about God come to your mind? How you look at God will change everything about how you live your life and how you will live before him. For example, in Matthew 25 when we read the parable […] The post Saving Shepherd (Isaiah 40:9-11) appeared first on Biblical Truths fro...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. The apostle Paul has begun his letter to the church in Rome by proclaiming to them the gospel. In the first six verses of Romans sets forward that the gospel is concerning the Son who descended from David and was declared to be the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead. […] The post The Wrath of the Gospel (Romans 1:18-21) appeared first on Biblica...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. We are talking about how to have a heart for the city. In the lesson this morning we looked at the first seven verses of Jeremiah 29 where Jeremiah writes a letter to the exiles who have been captured and now living in Babylon. Jeremiah tells them how they are to live while in Babylon. […] The post A Heart to Wait in the City (Jeremiah 29:8-32) appeared first on B...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. One of the consistent messages that Jeremiah has been proclaiming that has been recorded for us in our recent studies of Jeremiah is that the people who have been captured by the Babylonians are not returning soon. False prophets have been proclaiming that the captured people as well as the captured articles of the temple […] The post A Heart For The City (Jeremia...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. The first day of the week has arrived. Mary Magdalene and the women came to the tomb and found the stone taken away. Rather than believing Jesus had risen from the dead, the women believe that the body has been moved. Peter and John also go to the tomb. But verse 9 tells us that […] The post REWIND: Believe (John 20:19-31) appeared first on Biblical Truths from We...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. Jesus has explained that the cross is the history changing moment for the world. The cross is the judgment of the world, the neutralization of Satan’s power, the exaltation of Jesus as the Christ, and means by which the world can be drawn to the Father through Jesus. After saying these things, John 12:36 tells […] The post REWIND: Unbelief (John 12:37-50) ap...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. One of the problems that Jeremiah is facing as a prophet of God is that there are so many false voices that are telling the people things that God did not actually say. We have seen in our study of Jeremiah many statements about the false prophets who are leading the people astray (cf. Jeremiah […] The post A Heart To Test All Things (Jeremiah 27-28) appeared firs...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. We are looking at pictures of our atonement in our theme for this year. In our first lesson we considered the pictures that show Jesus as the one who will bear our sins, carrying them away far from us. Our sins have been cast into the depths of the seas and have been removed from […] The post Jesus Is Our Passover appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm B...

Speaker: Brent Kercheville. How do you think about God’s word? What is your attitude toward it? Psalm 19 gives an amazing declaration about how the righteous look at the word of God. They are more desirable than gold— than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb. In addition, your servant is warned […] The post A Heart For God’s Word (Jeremiah 26) appeared...