Category Archives: Expository Teaching

Scripture Reference: Mark 10 Adults Shall Be as Children – Continued Please read Mark 10:13-16 for background to this section. From last lesson: You might be asking in what ways are children a pattern? In their humble dependence on others, … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 10 Two Shall Be One – Continued Please read Mark 10:1-12 for background to this section. From last lesson: He [Jesus] put sufficient regulations around divorce so that the wives would not become victims of their husbands’ … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Mark 10 As a master Teacher, our Lord used many different approaches in sharing God’s Word: symbols, miracles, types, parables, proverbs, and paradoxes. A paradox is a statement that seems to contradict itself and yet expresses a valid … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 6. Honoring God’s Word – Continued Please read Deuteronomy 18:9-22 for the background to this section. The identification of true prophets (verses 20–22). Moses promised that there would be prophets sent by God to Israel to … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 6. Honoring God’s Word – Continued Please read Deuteronomy 18:9-22 for the background to this section. The revelation of the true God (verses 14–19). Israel didn’t need to experiment with new religions because the Lord had … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 6. Honoring God’s Word Please read Deuteronomy 18:9-22 for the background to this section. If people don’t know the true and living God and don’t have His Word to guide them, they have to find substitutes … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 5. Avoiding Contamination – Continued Please read Deuteronomy 12:29-13:18; 18:9-22 for the background to this section. Temptation from a multitude (verses 12–18). “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil” (Exodus 23:2). If a person … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 5. Avoiding Contamination – Continued Please read Deuteronomy 12:29-13:18; 18:9-22 for the background to this section. Temptation from friends and relatives (verses 6–11). It would not be difficult to expose and execute a false prophet, but … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 5. Avoiding Contamination – Continued Please read Deuteronomy 12:29-13:18; 18:9-22 for the background to this section. Temptation from the prophets (13:1–5). God raised up prophets in Israel during those times when the people needed to be … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 5. Avoiding Contamination Please read Deuteronomy 12:29-13:18; 18:9-22 for the background to this section. Moses pointed out four approaches the enemy could use to trap the Israelites into practicing idolatry, and he warned his people to … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 4. Bringing Tithes and Offerings Please read Deuteronomy 12:17-19 for the background to this section. The practice of bringing 10 percent of the produce to the Lord antedates the Law, for Abraham tithed (Genesis 14:17–20; Hebrews … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 3. Respecting Life Please read Deuteronomy 12:15-16; 20-28 for the background to this section. These verses focus on the Jews’ treatment of the blood of animals that were either sacrificed at the altar or eaten … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 2. Worshiping the Lord – Continued Please read Deuteronomy 12:4-14 for the background to this section. One altar for sacrifices (verses 6-7, 12-14). Canaanite worship permitted the people to offer whatever sacrifices they pleased at … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 2. Worshiping the Lord Please read Deuteronomy 12:4-14 for the background to this section. “You must not worship the Lord your God in their way” (verse 4, NIV) is a simple statement that carries a … Continue reading →

Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 12-13; 18:9-22 Moses was a wise instructor. He devoted the first part of his address (Deuteronomy 1–5) to reviewing the past and helping the new generation appreciate all that God had done for them. Then he told … Continue reading →

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. – Philippians 1:20. Surrendered … Continue reading →

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. – Philippians 1:20. The … Continue reading →

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. – Philippians 1:20. The … Continue reading →

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. – Philippians 1:20. God’s … Continue reading →

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. – Philippians 1:20. Many … Continue reading →