Salem Wesleyan Methodist Church (Salem, Ohio)

The scriptures are the basis for the Christian life, and it’s validity has been supported time and again by archeology.

The way of the Lord is a good way because it is rewarded all the way along.

We can see Jesus as our Savior, our keeper and our friend.

We all have a choice to make. Let us make the choice to serve God today.

Many people will argue that the Bible is immoral, but when studying the Scriptures, is is evident that the Bible is not immoral...and those who believe that way will find out soon enough that they are wrong.

There are many things in our lives which use filters. We use them to keep out the bad and protect the good. We need filters in a spiritual sense in our lives.

As we live for Christ it is expected that we will face resistance and opposition; yet through it all we have the assurance that God will be there with us.

The Christian may face dark days but the future will be an inheritance of the blessing of Heaven for eternity.

The only one who knows the future is God. This is seen through His many prophetic words which years later came to pass.

The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is a core tenet of the Christian faith and there are some aspects of this that even skeptics acknowledge.

We will face difficult places in life, but if we are determined to love God, we can be still and know His compassion and friendship, that He is not mere man and see his goodness and sovereignty.

The Christian shows evidence of his relationship with God and witnesses to others in everyday actions.

Skeptics, both atheist and Muslim, question whether Jesus ever claimed to be God. While He never said, “I am God, second person of the Trinity, worship me,” he did and said many things which were clearly claims to divinity.

Jesus gave His all for us, so we ought to give our best in response to Him. Taking communion is a time for us to reflect what we can give back to God.

The Holy Spirit was sent to convict us...to prevent us from a deadly condition that would end in eternal death.

Jesus has told believers to not go back to their old ways, giving an example of setting the mind steadfastly and giving the gift of the Spirit to help us.

The Christian life is a life of victory and overcoming by faith...not in our own strength, but in God.

In the life of a believer, the inerrancy of scripture is a core value that is not only accepted intellectually but also lived out.

Baptism is a sign of an inward working in our heart as well as a confession of faith marking us a disciple of Christ and it is a biblical practice.

When one becomes a Christian, there is an identification that takes place indicating the old life is over and a new one begun. One way that can be done is through baptism.

In the life of a Christian, love is paramount; love toward God and love toward our fellow man.

In making a defense for the faith showing the reliability of the Scriptures is important.

Jesus spoke of two groups of people who take two different ways going through two different gates leading to two destinations. It does us good to stop and think about in which one we find ourselves.

The 1800's were a time of questioning the authorship of many works-those of Homer, Moses, the Apostles, and Shakespeare. We looked at the JEDP challenge to Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch and considered internal evidence of the early writing of the Gospels by eyewitnesses.

An uncompromising commitment to the truth may lead to difficult places, but through it we will find benefits of spiritual gain, grace, be pleasing to God and a blessing to others on our way to our eternal reward.