SUNDAY STUDY: God of Jacob, God of Israel
Excerpted from Dave Hunt’s TheBereanCall.org
The true God who created us for a purpose holds mankind responsible for creation’s witness to His existence and for obedience to the moral laws He has implanted in every conscience (Rom 1:18-25; 2:14-16). He will not be used. Furthermore, just as human beings are jealous of their individual identities, obviously the true God would insist on being pro…
SUNDAY STUDY: Atonement and Redemption, Same or Different?
By Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum of Ariel.org
Atonement is universal whereas, redemption is individual. Atonement therefore is the foundation of redemption, and not redemption itself. The work of atonement is already finished. Christ is the living bread, the bread of atonement, which, if a man eats, he shall live forever. But he who eats not of this bread shall die, being destitute of wisdom, righteo…
SUNDAY STUDY: Creation and the New Year
By Henry M. Morris, Ph.D. @icr.org
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1)
It is appropriate for Christians to begin the New Year by referring back to the beginning of the very first year. The first verse of God’s Word is also its most important verse, since it is the foundation on which everything else is built. Even God’s great work of salvation is irrelevant an…
Happy New Year 2025!
By Oswald Chambers @utmost.org
Security From Yesterday “…God requires an account of what is past” (Ecclesiastes 3:15). At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety is apt to arise when we remember our yesterdays. Our present enjoyment of God’s grace tends to be lessened by the memory of yesterday’s sins and blunders. But God is the God of our…
SUNDAY STUDY: After Christmas
Excerpted from Focus on the Family
Christmas day has passed. Jesus was born in a manger, as promised. All the promises of Jesus’s coming have passed, including His death and resurrection.
In the season of advent, we prepare our hearts for the coming King. Christmas day we get to rejoice for the King has come. Jesus gave us new life through His sacrifice, “the Word became flesh.”
Why did Jesus …
SUNDAY STUDY #2: Signs of Christmas
From Henry M. Morris, Ph.D. @ Days of Praise; Institute for Creation Research
“Moreover the LORD spoke again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.” (Isaiah 7:10-11)
Although “the Jews require a sign” (1 Corinthians 1:22), and this attitude was rebuked by Christ when He said that “an evil and adulterous generation seeketh afte…
SUNDAY STUDY #1: Hanukkah and Christmas on the Same Day, a Rare Occurrence
Two holidays will be celebrated across the country, as the first night of Hanukkah falls on the same day as Christmas.
The Jewish celebration of the festival of lights begins at sundown Wednesday, just as Christians are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
Christmas and Hanukkah on the same day is rare. The Hebrew calendar not aligning with the Gregorian calendar, causes the start of the Han…
SUNDAY STUDY: Rapture and Revelation
By William E. Blackstone. “Jesus Is Coming”, Chapter 9: Rapture and Revelation.
Two things are of vital importance, in order to the right understanding of this subject, and these are:
First. The distinction between the Rapture and the Revelation.
Rapture means to be caught up, or away.
Revelation (apokalypsis) means Appearing or shining forth or manifestation.
The Rapture occurs when the Church…
SUNDAY STUDY: JEWS, GENTILES, and the CHURCH
Excerpted from Dave Hunt, @thebereancall.org
Before the cross of Christ, mankind was divided into two groups: Jews and Gentiles. The Old and New Testaments both make very clear what caused this distinction. It was the covenants God had made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and with their descendants through Moses. These covenants were for Israel alone and separated her from all other nations …
SUNDAY STUDY: The Word of God
By T.A. McMahon @thebereancall.org
The Word of God is the chief focus of this message.
This is also a survey regarding the way you and I think about the Word of God. It has to do with how seriously we take the Bible to be the actual Word of God.
This isn’t a test. Again, it’s a survey between you and the Lord.
I put the Lord in the mix so that I’d remember to be honest regarding my own thoughts…
SUNDAY STUDY: God’s Foreknowledge and our Free Will
From TheBereanCall.org
Can you believe both in God’s foreknowledge and our power of choice? If God knows ahead of time that someone is going to do something, how can they decide for themselves? Isn’t foreknowledge the same as predestination?
The biblical doctrine of foreknowledge simply states that God knows everything that will happen before it happens—which, as God, He must know. Prophecy, in…
SUNDAY STUDY: Salvation
By TheBereanCall.org
In desperation, the Philippian jailer cried, “What must I do to be saved?” Paul’s reply was simple: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved…” (Acts 16:31).
The great apostle said nothing about baptism or sacraments, candles, incense, church attendance, reforming one’s life, or anything else being necessary or even helpful for salvation. From Genesis to …