The Heavy-Duty Mike Podcast

We know that the purpose of Scripture then can be summed up like this: it shapes our beliefs (instruction), exposes our sin and condemnation (conviction), guides us towards repentance (correction), and cultivates within us Christlike obedience (training). In this lesson, we are going to break down these 4 specific things and what they mean for us. This lesson will be a word study of sorts in the o...

Let’s continue our examination of the importance of Scripture in the life of the believer— Committing to Scripture Alone in this 4th lesson in what has become a series where we are addressing the essential preeminence of Scripture in the life of the believer. We know that too often, when we find a place of comfort or normalcy, we also become complacent, forgetful, and even careless and conceited....

We learn from history what happens when the Scriptures are not the final authority on matters of life and godliness and what happens when people start “speaking on behalf of God.” It gets more than ugly, messy, and even deadly—really fast.   Before the 16th-century Protestant Reformation, the Scriptures, that is, the Bible, and, for that matter, all biblical truth, were effectively controlled by t...

The apostle Paul considered Timothy his “son in the faith” (2 Timothy 1:2) This is likely because Timothy came to faith in Jesus Christ through Paul’s ministry and, because over their many years of shared ministry experience, including enduring numerous hardships and suffering together, an inseparable, even familial bond had no doubt formed between the two of them.   Now, in what is to be the fina...

God's grace has bestowed on us the ability to see the World, the Way (John 14:6), we were originally intended to see it. Through Jesus Christ, we're not only saved from our sinful depravity, but we're also being "set apart" for something that is altogether different. This sounds great, but why is it that I just don't have trust in Him when life turns difficult, or suffering becomes my reality? I f...