Tag Archives: Expository Teaching

Spiritual Nuggets 2/08/2024

Being Busy Sometimes it’s difficult to deal with quiet. For most people, chaos, deadlines, managing multiple schedules, and being “so busy” are a way of life. And if we’re honest with ourselves, we like it. Busyness implies we are special … Continue reading

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It Is Finished – 3

Scripture Reference: John 19:28-30 1. Jesus Addresses the Father – Continued From Last Lesson: Suddenly, a horror of darkness unspeakably greater even than that of Gethsemane, overwhelms Him. As the darkness of a cave blots out the light of the … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/07/2024

Haunted by Leviathan Indiana Jones isn’t afraid of anything—until a snake shows up on the scene. Then we hear him mutter, “I hate snakes” and “Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?” Everyone is afraid of something. Even now … Continue reading

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It Is Finished – 2

Scripture Reference: John 19:28-30 1. Jesus Addresses the Father Throughout His life Jesus was deeply conscious of His being one with the Father and of being sent on the great mission of the redemption of men to the glory of … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/06/2024

At a Great Price It’s easy to be devoted to a leader or a vision when it doesn’t require much of us. In following Jesus, the disciples didn’t have that option. They were called to follow Jesus in difficult circumstances—ones … Continue reading

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It Is Finished – 1

Scripture Reference: John 19:28-30 Of the seven utterances of Jesus on the cross this one, “It is finished” is, so far as we can tell, the next to the last. It came next after He said: “My God, my God, … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/05/2024

Proclaiming the Light Many of us wait for precisely the right moment to tell others about Christ’s work in us. Yet every moment is the right moment to speak up for Christ. Every moment is the right time to fully … Continue reading

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Valuable Instructions of God’s Word – 5

Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 4. The Bible Is the Only Book That Feeds the Christian The Bible not only keeps the Christian clean, but it is the Christian’s food: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every … Continue reading

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Valuable Instructions of God’s Word – 4

Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 2. The Bible Is the Only Book That Gives Assurance of Salvation – Continued Martin Luther once penned: Feelings come and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God; Naught … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 2/03/2024

Standing In the Gap THE world and professing Christendom are unaware that the only reason the hell of God’s judgment has not yet fallen upon the nations is that there is in this world today a company, a small, despised … Continue reading

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Valuable Instructions of God’s Word – 3

Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 2. The Bible Is the Only Book That Gives Assurance of Salvation Not only is the Bible the only Book that is able to make us “wise for salvation,” it is also the only Book … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/02/2024

Love, Praise, Forgiveness Our praise for God is often directly connected to accepting and confessing our brokenness. Our capacity to love Him is tied to the realization of how much He has forgiven us. The woman in Luke 7 who … Continue reading

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Valuable Instructions of God’s Word – 2

Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 It is not being sincere in what you believe that will get you saved; it is believing in the right thing, the truth, that will accomplish the goal. I once read an illustration about a … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/01/2024

Borrowed Imagery In the Old Testament, Yahweh regularly explains Himself by using imagery familiar to the time. Sometimes Yahweh even uses images associated with other gods to emphasize that He—and not the gods of other nations—has authority over the earth. … Continue reading

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Valuable Instructions of God’s Word – 1

Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 In this lesson I want to give you five important applications of the Word of God. Since it is His verbally inspired revelation, it is the best source we have to showcase the five needs … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 1/31/2024

Distortion If attending church and small group or even reading the Bible and praying become activities that we do out of obligation, then we have a bigger problem than we might realize. If our hearts are disengaged, our religious motions … Continue reading

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Do You Have to Go Home?

Note: This is a special Life In Focus. This is a lengthy testimony and usually I would break it up into daily parts, but due to the possible impact this testimony may have, I am going to separate it into … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 1/30/2024

Raise the Signal The Bible echoes with great battle cries: “Raise a signal on a bare hill, lift up your voice to them; wave the hand. . . . A sound of the roar of the kingdoms, of nations gathering! … Continue reading

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Practical Benefits of the Gospel – 3

Scripture Reference: Romans 5:1-11 The love of God is completely supernatural and otherworldly. He demonstrated or shows His marvelous love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. If we ask why He did it, … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 1/29/2024

Feeling Entitled Familiarity breeds contempt, so the saying goes. But the line from Aesop’s fable “The Fox and the Lion” wasn’t meant to imply that we often take those closest to us for granted. Rather, the fox fails to properly … Continue reading

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