The Bible Unlocked

Imagine God entering His creation as a human being to reveal the truth about Himself and most people not getting it. They were saying things about Jesus that were not true, just as people are saying things about you and me that are not true. How did the Lord address false impressions of Himself? How should we? For videos, click https://www.disciplersinternational.com/house-church/watch

Luke 18 opens with Jesus telling HIs audience to pray all the time and not lose heart doing so. He then goes on to tell a parable about a poor widow who seeks legal assistance from a judge who doesn't want to be bothered. Finally, the judge relents and gives the widow what she wants. Is this how prayer works with God? Just pester Him persistently until He gives in??? For videos, click https://www....

In Luke 11, Jesus presents The Lord's Prayer as a model for believers to follow. What's interesting is that petitions for things like daily bread, forgiveness of sins and deliverance from evil are in the context of worship. If that is so, then how might your prayer life be affected? For videos, click https://www.disciplersinternational.com/house-church/watch

If God created everything, then everything belongs to Him, right? However, the Bible says that God gave us the earth to subdue and rule, so is it His or ours? And if it is ours, does that mean we can do as we please without any accountability for how we use the natural resources our earth has to offer? So many questions... For videos, click https://www.disciplersinternational.com/house-church/watc...

In Luke 12 the Lord talks about a rich man who is pondering what to do with a great surplus of crops in a given year. With an eye to the future, which is always wise, the man decides to build a giant storage facility, because you never know what next year will bring, right? Sounds smart to me. What would you do? What would Jesus do? For videos, click https://www.disciplersinternational.com/house-c...

Are you more of a saver or a spender? However you answered that question, what is the reason why? As for me, I don't have an answer, except to say that I've always been a saver. The so-called Parable of the Talents is definitely not an endorsement for a savings plan. In fact, it's all about how to spend money; and not just some of what you have, but all of it. For a guy who needs to save less and...

It is with eagerness and reluctance that I launch this series on Jesus & Money, focusing first on the encounter of the so-called Rich Young Ruler with Jesus. I'm eager, because this is a very interesting, important, and relevant topic. I'm reluctant, because of what I might discover by probing deeply and honestly into what Jesus said about money to that man then and what He is saying to me now...

In this last episode we'll see how Jesus related to women from a wide range of backgrounds, like relatives and strangers, Jews and Gentiles, rich and poor, sick and healthy. What did Jesus do for all of them and what opportunities did He offer each of them? Let's find out! For videos, click https://www.disciplersinternational.com/house-church/watch

Part 2 of this series entitled, "A Woman's Place," begins with the beginning when God created them , which is us, as male and female . From there, and with the word them in mind, we'll look at some challenging Bible passages to discern, as best we can, the proper place of a woman. For videos, click https://www.disciplersinternational.com/house-church/watch

What is a woman's place? Is her place at home to care for her family as a wife and mother? Or is it in the CEO Suite of a Fortune 500 company managing hundreds of employees? That question has been answered differently throughout history and, as some suppose, in the Bible also. So, what does the Bible as a whole really say about a woman's place? The answers might surprise you! For videos, click htt...

In 2 Corinthians 5:17, Paul makes this very interesting statement: If anyone is in Christ, that person is a new creation . What does it really mean to be a new creation and what is required of us, if anything, to get there? The answer lies with the specific Greek word that Paul uses. For now, suffice to say that this kind of NEW is something only God can do. For videos, click https://www.discipler...