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The word of God says, “Come out from among them and be ye separate,” 2 Corinthians 6:17-18. We welcome you today to our study of Out of Denominationalism. Out of division, out of the ways of men, and out of the doctrines of men is the great call that we find in the New Testament. The idea of denominationalism is not an idea that the Bible speaks fondly of. Dividing, naming after men, and dividing...

The Word of God says “Stand, therefore having clothed yourselves with the truth,” Ephesians 6:14. Welcome you to our study today of standing on the truth. What does it mean to be really firmly rooted and planted and to stand one's life upon the Word of God? Those are the questions that we're going to answer from the Word of God today. Today we're thinking about one of the more challenging, and I t...

The Bible clearly teaches that if I am a child of God, I can overcome a life of sin. How do you overcome a sinful past? The Bible says we can. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away. Behold, all has become new." What does a person have to do to get the slate white clean with God, and to overcome the life he might've lived previously? it...

Jesus said, “I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it,” Matthew 16:18. We welcome you today to our second part in a series of lessons dealing with the differences in the Lord's church. What's unique about the church Jesus promised to build? What's different about the church you read about in the New Testament than we see in modern religious groups and denominations...

Have you ever had someone ask you, ‘What's the difference between the church of Christ and other religious groups?’ We're going to think about what the bible says the difference is between the church of the New Testament, the church you read about in the bible, and so many other religious groups today. We hope that you'll get your bible and have it handy as we're going to study this subject from t...

“The walls began to shake, the prison doors flew open. At that very moment, a jailer awoke, realized his own fate, and started to commit suicide. But before he did, he heard these encouraging words. ‘Sir, do yourself no harm, for we are all here.’” And upon the heels of that comforting statement, the greatest question ever asked comes. ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ Acts 16:30-31. We welcome...

"God so loved the world He gave His only begotten son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life," John 3:16. We welcome you today to our study of the wonderful love of our God. One of the most wonderful subjects in all of scripture is how much God loves me and how much God loves you. That what many people think of as the golden verse in the Bible illustrates it so we...

And the people of Israel brought back a bad report to Moses and they said this, "We were like grasshoppers our own sight and so we were in theirs also," Numbers 13:32-33. Welcome to our study of the Old Testament books. We're thinking about the lessons, practical lessons today, from the book of Numbers. We're thinking about the wonderful book of Numbers- the following of God's people's journey tow...

In the book of Leviticus, God says, "You shall therefore consecrate yourself and be holy for I the Lord your God am holy." Leviticus 11-44. Welcome you to our study of the Old Testament books as we're thinking today about the wonderful book of Leviticus. As we mentioned our study in the Old Testament is designed to encourage us about God about the principles of God and His dealings with man and ul...

The Bible says, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth," Genesis 1:1. Welcome you to our study of Old Testament Books. In this series of lessons, we're going to be surveying the books of the Old Testament to help us gain a deeper knowledge into God and His will and His truths that we find in the Old Testament. Someone may initially think, "Why study the Old Testament?" Do you rem...

In Exodus 1:8, we're told "There arose a new king or new Pharaoh over Egypt who did not know Joseph, and as a result, God's people are now going to suffer over that.” Welcome to our study of the Book of Exodus in our Old Testament Book Series. The Book of Exodus in the Old Testament, the second book in the Old Testament accounts, further accounts God's dealing with Israel working toward, ultimatel...

Do you ever hear any of these stories? And a lot of them occur around the timeframe of the Civil War and that era. I hear stories where somebody had a great treasure, maybe they had a lot of money, maybe it was Confederate money, maybe it was other gold or silver. And instead of taking that money and putting it in a bank when there was so much upheaval in government, they took all that money and t...

The Lord Jesus Christ said, “Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth,” John 17:17. You know there are a lot of people who are at odds with Jesus' view of scripture and truth. I hear people say that although God might have said that, or although the Bible might say that, that's really not what Jesus said. Or, they say some of the things that Jesus taught or some of the things Jesus said, th...

Do you ever wonder how to make good decisions? As a Christian, we want to be like Jesus. We want to think the way he thinks, approve the things he approves, disapprove that which is not right and really live a life that makes right and good decisions. But how do you make good decisions in every phase of life that you're in - from a young person maybe who's just obeyed the gospel, to a newlywed cou...

If there's one thing that the scriptures clearly teach, Christians are joyful. We have so much to be joyful about. Paul said, “Rejoice in the Lord always. And again, I say rejoice,” Phil. 4:4. But then we step back from that and we ask, what is it that, as Christians, we have to be joyful about? What is it that lifts our spirits? What is it that causes us to look up? What is it that helps us to ov...

An event happened in the life of Jesus, when he was just 12 years old, that creates a great panic among his family and among their friends. No doubt as well, Jesus was lost. Do you know where he is? Where'd he get off to? What happened to Jesus? And more importantly, what can we learn from the story of Jesus getting lost by his family? We hope you’ve got your Bible. You'll want to open it today to...

A shocking scene happened one day in the life of Jesus. It left people probably with their mouth open wide, and they were shocked at what went on. A prominent religious man of Jesus' day invited the Lord over to his house for supper. Everybody's gathered around the table eating, having a good time. And then that woman, you know who we're talking about, that woman came in and everybody's mouth hit...

According to the Apostle Paul in Romans 1:18-20, men and women everywhere are without excuse for not believing in the invisible God. Now that kind of all sounds a little different, doesn't it? How can you believe in something that's invisible to begin with and how can I be without excuse when I can't clearly see, touch, feel, and handle God? Are we really without excuse for not believing in the in...

Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of lies that are told today? People of the world sometimes lie as common as breathing. When we think about lying, even God's people, we all have the temptation, sometimes, when it's convenient or makes us feel better or look better, to tell a little lie about that. How does God feel about lying? And what does the Bible say about the common moral problem o...