Pastor John Farley - Lighthouse Bible Church Podcast

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, September 27, 2026 On my own behalf, I will not boast 2 Corinthians 12:1-7 Remember: –Paul "boasted" of his weakness –Three heavens in a Jewish manner of speaking –Paul, called up to the third (highest) of the heavens Looking forward: –How do we know Paul is speaking of himself? –Paul = ministry-first, not vision-first –We too will be caught up in due...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, September 20, 2026 2 Corinthians 11:28 - 2 Corinthians 12:2 Title: Caught up to the third heaven Paul refers to his weakness and stakes his claim on the God and Father of our Lord Jesus (2Co 11:28-31). Doing so magnified God's power working within him. Paul acutely understood where the emphasis should be, and that's on the God that he (and we) serve: 2...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, September 13, 2026 2 Corinthians 11:22-27 Title: Trouble in my way Remember: Paul (and Jesus) suffered, we all will Be hard-headed for the right reason View persecution the right way Remember as we get into 2Co 11:22, Paul is "boasting" of his physical lineage as he chastises his readers. They evidently listened to the wrong people. Paul's service (2Co...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, September 6, 2026 2Co 11:16-22 Title: Consider me a fool Paul chastises his readers for tolerating the foolish (2Co 11:16-20). Let that be a lesson for us - identify fools, but don't give them your ear. Remember we discussed how anyone who boasts should boast in the Lord? The fools boasted in their flesh, but the flesh has no intrinsic value. Both the...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, August 30, 2026 2 Corinthians 11:10-15 Title: True, or false? Paul's boasting in this case (2Co 11:10-12) is tied to his defense of his status as a true apostle. The people have placed Paul in a position where he must distinguish himself from false apostles. Why does Paul keep seeking to distinguish the real apostles from the false ones? He had an obli...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, August 23, 2026 2Co 11:5-9 Title: The gospel, free of charge Read between the lines - Paul's enemies (2Co 11:5) claimed that he was inferior to another group. He was not at all inferior, remember: 1Co 15:6-11 It's important to note that Paul made it clear that even though he was unskilled in speech, he wasn't inferior in knowledge (2Co 11:6). Both the...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, August 16, 2026 2Co 11:1-4 Title: A different Jesus Last week, we read that Paul implored readers to listen to him - he had a godly jealousy for them, and they'd already considered other men who had false and selfish motives. In 2Co 11:4, Paul chides his readers for their willingness to hear those who preached a substantially different Jesus than that...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, August 9, 2026 2Co 11:1-3 Title: The simplicity of Christ We'll discuss a matter of great importance today. Can a Christian be deceived? How do you defend against being deceived? How can we help others who might be? Paul has a godly jealously for his readers (2Co 11:2). That desire distinguishes him from the false apostles. Eph 4:11-16 Be clear: God is...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, August 2, 2026 2Co 10:12-18 Title: Whom does the Lord commend? What you'll hear today: Whose commendation matters? How should you and I boast? The so-called limits of Gentile ministry There's a difference between those who commend themselves, and those whom the LORD commends (2Co 10:12). The former group is without understanding, and without the wisdom...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, July 26, 2026 2 Corinthians 10:7-11 Title: The One and Only What we'll hear today: Who is an apostle? What does edification have to do with the apostleship? How should we judge rightly? Remember how we discussed the knowledge of God and the obedience of Christ last week? Remember how we discussed how unbelievers sought to undermine the work of Paul? Pa...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, July 19, 2026 2Co 10:5-6 Title: Who belongs to Christ? A reminder: Some thoughts was acting according to his flesh We live in physical flesh, but our battle is not a carnal one, and ours weapons aren't either Leave with this today: What is worldly knowledge, and what is the knowledge of God? Who belongs to Christ? Exalt only One, and none others Worldl...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, July 5, 2026 2Co 10:1-4 Title: Fighting an enemy you can't see Paul begins Chapter 10 with a stark change - the topic switches from giving to yet another defense of his conduct. We'll discuss what drove his conduct, and the battle he and we are in. The sentiment from 2Co 10:1-2 about Paul's behavior is really his critics' opinion. They think he is carr...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, June 28, 2026 2Co 9:6-15 Title: The gift that keeps on giving Grace is unmerited or unearned favor. God has graced the undeserving world infinitely via His Son: Joh 1:14-17; Gal 5:1-4 Another way that God shows us grace is by meeting our physical needs. Notice that the abundance Paul's readers had was to be used for every good deed (2Co 9:8-9). The sam...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, June 21, 2026 2Co 9:1-7 Title: The Lord loves a cheerful giver Paul makes it clear that it's unnecessary that he write about the giving of the Corinthians (2Co 9:1). He did so anyway - that's a rhetorical device called paraleipsis. In short, by saying that you will not mention something, you are in fact mentioning it. Two examples of paraleipsis in the...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, June 14, 2026 2Co 8:16-24 Title: Providing for honest things in the sight of Lord and men Paul's representative to pick up the contribution from those in Corinth is a man named Titus. He and Paul were close: Tit 1:1-4, Gal 2:1-6 Titus had genuine love for the folks in the church at Corinth, and his readers were familiar with him. He went on his own acc...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, June 7, 2026 2 Corinthians 8:6-15 Title: Poor that we might be rich Paul encouraged readers at Corinth to give in lockstep with the other values they had already shown (2 Corinthians 8:7-8). He did not command them, notably. Remember freewill giving? What does it mean that Jesus Christ was poor? What does it mean that we became rich via His poverty (2C...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, May 31, 2026 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 Title: Philanthropy from the poor Notice the following: they gave freely they gave above their means and they understood the value of service to the brethren. The Macedonians were impoverished. They gave freely anyway for the sake of other saints, and Paul praised them for doing so. Paul was familiar with the people of...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, May 24, 2026 2Co 7:11-16 Title: Results of Godly sorrow + repentance Remember that Paul wrote a severe letter - one that produced a positive response from his readers. Remember that Godly sorrow in very different than the sorrow of the world. The sorrow of the world produces death. Paul recognized several positive aspects that had come from the Godly s...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, May 17, 2026 Title: God's repentance, and ours Text: 2Co 7:8-10 As a reminder, Biblical repentance for believers is a change of course: Mat 3:1-4; Mat 4:12-20 Sin grieves God, and His Holy nature demands a response. People had become so evil that God was sorry that He even put man on the earth: Gen 6:3-8 Saul's disobedience and sin grieved God: 1Sa 15:...

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Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, May 10, 2026 Title: A special letter 2Co 7:8-10 Remember: Repent = change course Repentance is wedded to salvation It's a privilege to repent, and to be repentant Paul made readers sorry via a letter. We don't have that letter, but context tells us what he addressed in it. Paul regretted the letter initially, but seeing how it made folks changed their...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, May 3, 2026 Title: Comfort for the brokenhearted 2Co 7:2-7 If you leave remembering nothing else, know that: 1) The Lord will provide for those who are brokenhearted and 2) you are never alone in this life since the sovereign God is with us. It was especially important that Paul emphasize - again - the pure nature of his work to readers 2Co 7:2-3). Act...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, April 26, 2026 Title: A holy and clean temple 2Co 6:16 2Co 7:1 As a reminder: Paul pleaded with the church at Corinth to be unrestrained in their love for him in the way he was unrestrained in his love toward them. As a reminder: Remember, Paul directed folks not to be yoked with unbelievers. There's no agreement between the two. What you'll hear today...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, April 19, 2026 Title: What agreement? 2Co 6:11-16 As a reminder: We are in the day of salvation Remember the paradoxes? Poor but making many rich, unknown yet well known, etc. Paul reminds his readers that the apostles' love for their readers (2Co 6:11-13) is what drives their behavior towards the people of Corinth. He implores them to open wide also,...

Wesley Wright Lighthouse Bible Church Sunday, April 5, 2026 Title: First among many 1Co 15:12-20 Everything for us is centered around the resurrection of Jesus Christ. If he did not rise from the grave, we would then be a pitiful group. Praise God that He did in fact rise from the dead! Today we'll discuss what Jesus said about His resurrection, what men confirmed once He rose, and its significanc...