Nov 27, 2013 | Family, The Bible
The language of family is used throughout scripture, and we can learn a lot about parenting by looking at the ways in which God interacts with us, his children. God as Father in Hosea There’s a very tender passage in Hosea 11 that speaks of God as Father. The prophet...
Oct 28, 2013 | Christian Living, The Bible, Theology
There is something about the suffering of God’s people that God uses in the world for his purposes. He does not test us so that we will sin, but rather so that we may be conformed to the image of Christ. We’re studying the book of Revelation at Kingsland Baptist...
Oct 7, 2013 | 1 & 2 Corinthians, Christian Living, Theology
How do we know God’s will? In this video I’ll talk about some of the ways God led the apostle Paul to fulfill his mission. It wasn’t always a straightforward process. Jesus the messiah first made himself known to Paul in a vision, but as time went on he revealed...
Mar 4, 2013 | Christian Living, Culture, The Bible
Suppose you were snatched from your own home by hostile invaders bent on destroying your country. What would you do? Would you stay true to your faith in a foreign land? That’s just what happened to scores of young people living in Israel during the Babylonian...
Jan 12, 2013 | 1 & 2 Corinthians, Christian Living
In my last post, I wrote about Paul’s defense of his own authority in his second letter to the church at Corinth. He presented some unusual credentials in 2 Corinthians 6 and 11. These credentials are especially relevant to those who are called to Christian...