Text: 1 Timothy 3:16 Many churches have some type of statement of faith or confession that they adopt as a unifying belief. A common one is the “Apostle’s Creed.”* However, rather than adopting a man-made confession like this, we should go to the Bible. Paul expressed a statement of faith about Jesus in his first […]
May 4, 2026
David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth
Text: 2 Samuel 9 After David became king, he looked for an opportunity to show kindness to someone of Saul’s house. He learned of Jonathan’s son, Mephibosheth, who was crippled. The kindness David extended to Mephibosheth provides an important lesson for us to help those in need as we have opportunity (Galatians 6:10). However, this […]
April 20, 2026
Calling on the Name of the Lord
Text: Acts 2:16-21 On the day of Pentecost, the first gospel sermon was preached following the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Christ. Peter identified Jesus as the Messiah and announced the promise of salvation. This is important for us because the same promise is available today. We need to understand Peter’s message – what […]
April 13, 2026
What It Means to Take Up Our Cross
Text: Matthew 10:34-39 Jesus spoke of the need for His disciples to take up their cross and follow Him. In order to appreciate what is involved with this, we need to understand Jesus’ mission and the world’s response to it. We do not want to respond as the world does. It will cost us something […]
April 6, 2026
The Unknown God
Text: Acts 17:22-31 When Paul was in Athens, he was bothered by the idols that filled the city, which prompted him to teach in the synagogue and market place. His message piqued the interest of the philosophers, and they wanted to hear more. The people were “very religious,” but the God of heaven was “unknown” […]
March 23, 2026
God the Father
Text: John 1:18 The Scriptures teach that there are three persons of God – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19). In our text, John stated that seeing the Son of God (Jesus) helps us to understand God the Father. The gospel accounts describe various aspects of the relationship between Jesus and […]
March 16, 2026
Oh Hold Them Back
Text: Proverbs 24:11 In our text, the wise man encouraged efforts to rescue those who were headed for destruction. Sometimes this is done by protecting someone from PHYSICAL harm (murder, rape, injury, kidnapping, etc.). It can also be done by protecting someone from SPIRITUAL harm, and we will focus on this in this lesson. The […]
