Walking By Faith

Lessons from the life of Joseph

In this passage, Paul tells the Corinthian Church that some of them are weak, ill, and spiritually asleep (dead) because of their failure to properly celebrate the Lord's Supper. He then explains how the Lord's Supper can bring life. This lesson is divided into three parts: 1) Paul's rebuke of the Church (with specifics as to what they were doing wrong), 2) Paul's instruction on the Lord's Supper,...

1 Corinthians 11

Part 1 of this lesson tackles chapters 8 and 10, in which Paul discusses the practice of eating food sacrificed to idols, an issue that is causing division in the church. While sacrificing food to idols is not common in the United States, Christians face this issue in many parts of the world. There are also important lessons for us to learn in resolving Church conflict. In Part 2 of this lesson, w...

A defining mark of men and women we find in the Bible is their understanding of God's faithfulness. Those who grasped this attribute of God lived in a way that brought God great honor and accomplished his purposes....

The story of Esther has many lessons to encourage us in times of adversity, to inspire our faithfulness, courage, and love, and to give us hope in God's great power to accomplish His will.  This lesson covers the entire story of Esther, looking at the characters of Mordecai, Esther, and Haman and what we can learn from each.  

This lesson highlights wisdom from Solomon (who the Bible calls the wisest man on earth) to give wisdom to the young, as well as to the old and wise. What are the benefits of wisdom?  How do we get it?  Are there blessings that come from fearing God?  How do the people we spend our time with impact our character and how wise we can become?  Solomon provides answers to these questions.  

In this passage of Scripture, Paul warns the Corinthians of sins that can destroy one's relationship with God and disqualify Paul himself, as well as the Church, from the ultimate prize of eternal life.

In this passage, we are inspired by Paul's example to win people to Christ. Paul defends, in great detail, the rigth to be supported in the full time ministry, as well as explains why he gave up this right.

What is the greatest obstacle to helping those in need? This lesson puts meat on Jesus' command to love your neighbor as yourself.

What does the Bible say about being single? In this passage, Paul provides instructions to those who are single in the church. We may be surprised at what Paul (and Jesus) teach about the single life, that this is a preferred lifestyle to the married life, if lived in devotion to God.

In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul addresses specific issues related to those who are married and to those who are single in the church. This lesson covers Jesus' teaching on divorce and remarriage, the foundation on which Paul builds. This material is extremely challenging and foreign to most Christians, as Jesus' teaching is a radical departure from societal norms and is seldom taught or studied in most c...

Did Jesus rise from the dead, or didn't he? The Christian faith hangs on this question. What did Jesus have to say about the resurrection? What importance did the apostles place on the resurrection? What proof do we have that Jesus' resurrection took place? We tackle these questions in this lesson, which can be useful to strengthen the faith of Christians, as well as to prove to nonbelievers that...

In the second half of chapter six, Paul addresses immorality in the Corinthian church. Paul explains the importance of the physical body, that Christians are united with Chris, and that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. This lesson looks at these blessings and the responsibilities Christians have to keep their temples holy. We look specifically at the sin of pornography and the images tha...

In 1 Corinthians 6 Paul speaks the truth in love, calling out the church in Corinth for bringing law suits against each other, instead of resolving their disputes internally. This lesson addresses whether Christians should ever bring law suits, as well as what a Christian should consider before making a decision to resort to the courts.

Today we take a spiritual detour from our 1 Corinthians study to talk about being refined by God through testing. Many Christians are taught that God is eager to bless their lives of His followers to prosper them, not to harm them, to give them a wonderful life and future. Yet, what do the Scriptures really teach? Throughout the Bible we find a very different message that challenges our view of Go...

In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul turns to a new and serious matter: the church's failure to expel from the congregation a brother involved in sexual immorality. This lesson covers the Biblical definition of sexual immorality, Paul's and Jesus' admonition and example of dealing with Christians who refuse to repent of serious sin, the reasons why most churches disobey Paul's clear instruction, and the conse...

In this lesson, we take a short break form our study in the book of Corinthians to look at the concepts of faith and grace, two of the most misunderstood and misused terms in Scripture. This lesson provides a Biblical definition of these terms, explains how they are used in the Old and New Testaments, and demonstrates why our correct understanding of faith and grace is critical to our walk with Go...

In 1 Corinthians 4, Paul builds on his teaching on church unity from the first three chapters. Paul addresses the Church's boasting, envy, and strife. This lesson tackles the important questions of what Paul meant when he says not to judge and what he meant when he says imitate me. This lesson calls us to serve the Lord in humility and without comparing ourselves to others.

In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul uses four examples form daily life to instruct his listeners on church unity, peacemaking, Jesus Christ as the only foundation of the Church, how we will be judged (and rewarded) by God as to how we build the Church, honoring God by how we care for our bodies, and the importance of the Holy Spirit.

We start our study with an explanation of the value of good expository teaching and an introduction to the book of Corinthians. This lesson calls us to consider whether we share Jesus' (and Paul's) vision for Christian unity and challenges us to root out any trace of sectarianism in our hearts.

What does Biblical leadership look like? This lesson draws on decades of experience of a church elder (a.k.a. bishop) who shares experiences and good and bad leaders and the impact they had on churches and the flock. We are called to a Biblical mode of leadership, far different than the world's leadership paradigm.

This lesson gives four examples from Scripture

This lesson looks at prophecies in the Psalms predicting Jesus' life, death and resurrection. These prophecies were used throughout the book of Acts to strengthen the faith of Christians....