Immanuel Baptist Church in Hannibal Missouri

In the ninth week of our Attributes of God series Pastor Anthony takes over to talk about God's Transcendent nature and His Immanence. Though this discussion we will learn that we have a balance to strike that may not be so easy as we think.

In the eighth week of our study of Theology Proper, Pastor LeeWood dives into the complex issue of God's Justice, Mercy, and Grace. By seeing that we have cheapened the language surrounding grace and mercy, we have actually fundamentally misunderstood justice. When we see that these three attributes of God actually coincide with each other frequently, we are now forced to reassess what we thin...

In week 7 of our Attributes of God series Pastor LeeWood discusses the importance of God's Immutability and Faithfulness. We follow our typical order by defining our terms, then looking at the biblical data for each term. We then conclude with a lengthy time of discussion through a thought experiment and discussion questions. Additional resources can be found at https://ibcministries.com/attri...

In the sixth week of our series Pastor LeeWood discusses the Wisdom of God. We follow our typical pattern by defining wisdom then looking at the biblical evidence for it's existence. Following these introductory matters LeeWood tries to explain why the wisdom of God is such a big deal in our lives. Additional resources can be found at: https://ibcministries.com/attributes-of-God Chapters: 0:00...

In the fifth week of our series Pastor LeeWood addresses the love of God. By examining a definition, then the Biblical data, we then come to the real crux of the matter: what happens when we get God's love wrong.

In week 4 of our Attributes of God series Pastor LeeWood speaks about God's holiness. After defining what God's holiness is we will explore a bunch of biblical data that illustrates how this works out in the world. The big application for us is that we have to reckon with a single fundamental question concerning God's holiness: is it reasonable for God to demand perfection from us as c...

In the third week of our Attributes of God series Pastor LeeWood addresses God's Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience. By establishing the definitions and biblical data LeeWood is then able to apply each of these three attributes. Additional Resources can be found at https://ibcministries.com/attributes-of-God Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 4:20 - Omnipotence Defined 14:44 - Omnipotence A...

In the second week of our Attributes of God series Pastor LeeWood addresses God's triune nature. By looking at the critical three legs of trinitarian theology we begin to understand the critical nature of holding to this theological tenant. Additional resources can be found at https://ibcministries.com/attributes-of-God Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 4:52 - Trinitarian Theology in Three Points...

In the introductory week of our study Pastor LeeWood takes the time to lay the foundation for all that we will discuss in this series. The goal of this session os to introduce some large topics that affect every corner of theology, and to cast a vision for why theology matters. Additional resources can be found at https://www.ibcministries.com/Equipping-Institute-Resources Chapters: 0:00 - Introdu...

In the final week of our John Series Pastor LeeWood closes out Johns first letter by addressing five things that John wants all believers to know. John's entire purpose in writing this epistle was to assure his readers that they can have certainty about their salvation. Additional Resources can be found at https://www.ibcministries.com/1-John Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 9:40 - We Know We Hav...

Pastor LeeWood tackles our twelfth installment of our 1 John series. In this session we discuss how John's focus on love now shows itself through his intensification of his language surrounding the results of this perfecting love. Additional resources can be found at https://www.ibcministries.com/1-John Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 10:36 - Trinity Reflected in Love (13-16) 23:57 - Results Ref...

For our eleventh week in 1 John we will now discuss John's third section that focuses primarily on love. In this session we will see the importance of loving like Jesus does, and how we are to submit to God's definition of love. Additional resources can be found at IBCministries.com/1-john Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 5:12 - Examples of Repetition 10:06 - Origin of Love (7-8) 31:18 - Demo...

In our return from Spring Break Pastor LeeWood walks us through 1 John 4:1-6. In this section we hear a dual command from John to not believe every spirit, but to put them all to the test. These commands show us how we see fidelity to Christ when we are applying biblical discernment and judgement. Additional resources can be found at https://www.ibcministries.com/1-John Chapters: 0:00 - Introducti...

In week 9 of our 1 John study Pastor LeeWood returns to speak about one of the most pivotal sections in the entire epistle. By looking at John's argument about how we can have confidence when our hearts convict us we see that he explicitly mentions both faith and the Holy Spirit for the first time each to address our anxious hearts. Additional resources can be found at https://www.ibcministrie...

In the eighth week of our 1 John Study Pastor Anthony steps in for LeeWood to explain how John addresses the topic of love in chapter 3. Additional resources can be found at https://www.ibcministries.com/1-John

In the seventh week of our 1 John Study Pastor LeeWood explains how John is starting to apply all three of his tests (obedience, love, doctrine) and how he begins to mix them together in our section. We will see why John reaches forward to the Second Coming of Christ in the closing portion of chapter 2 to explain how we can be blessed because of our abiding in Christ. Additionally, we looked at ho...

In the sixth week of our series Pastor LeeWood addresses John's test of doctrine or belief. By looking LeeWood firsts looks at what should be our understanding of John's use of the word antichrist is, then looks at each of the three sections of this text. Additional Resources can be found at: https://www.ibcministries.com/1-John Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 6:35 - About Antichrist(s) 34:2...

In this session of our 1 John Series Pastor LeeWood walks us through the digression about the Church and the World in 2:12-17. LeeWood explains John's address given to the church which holds three key truths. From there We talk about the meaning of the word "world" and how in John that has varied usage. The last portion of the night centers around the command to reject world love and...

In this week's session Pastor LeeWood works through John's test of Love found in 2:7-11. Here we will find that John's command for us to love is old because it is ancient, but it is also new because Jesus' example makes it so. We will see though this brief section that John expects our love to be more evident in our lives than what we typically think of being seen. Additional Resou...

In week three of our 1 John series Pastor LeeWood looks at 2:3-6. By first introducing the three tests we are oriented to the importance of this opening test. From there LeeWood discusses the section in three parts. Additional Resources can be found at https://www.ibcministries.com/1-John Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 6:50 - John's Three Tests 12:30 - How to Know We Are In Him 26:50 - The Perf...

In the second week of our series covering 1 John Pastor LeeWood walks us trough the final part of chapter 1, and the first two verses of chapter 2. In this session we look at how John summarizes the Apostolic Message, then three separate denials concerning sin, John's second purpose of writing, and finally end on how propitiation works. Additional Resources can be found at https://www.ibcminis...

In this session Pastor LeeWood gives us all a leg up for our Spring 2024 Equipping Institute Series on 1 John that starts on January 24th. LeeWood walks us through his goals for teaching, what will be different about this series, how to prepare for each week, and then finally rounds out some introductory material for 1 John. Additional Resources can be found at https://www.ibcministries.com/Equipp...

In the opening study of 1 John, Pastor LeeWood walks us through the Prologue in verses 1-4 of chapter 1. In this session LeeWood talks about why precision matters in asking questions like "who is we?" LeeWood emphasized the focus on sensory evidence, then broke down the section into three portions. Additional Resources can be found at https://www.ibcministries.com/www.ibcministries..com/...

In the final week of our Storyline series Pastor LeeWood finally brings us to the opening of the New Testament. By looking at the action of Antiochus Epiphanes and the subsequent Maccabean Revolt we see that the stage was set for Israel to earn their freedom, but not for long. Soon after the Hasmonean dynasty was established the Romans were looming, and eventually they take over the nation. The bi...