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Andy Sochor February 15, 2016

Marriage, Jesus, and the Church

Text: Ephesians 5:22-33 This passage is often used to discuss the roles of husbands and wives. This is certainly taught in this passage. However, these roles are used to illustrate the main point – the relationship between Christ and the church. This lesson will consider what this passage says about the roles of husbands and wives. […]

Filed Under: church, home, Jesus, New Testament Tagged With: authority, church, home, husbands, Jesus, love, marriage, obedience, sacrifice, submission, wives

Andy Sochor February 8, 2016

Remembering God’s Word

Text: Ecclesiastes 12:9-12 Recently we studied Ecclesiastes 12:1 (“Remember Your Creator”). In this lesson, we will focus on a related subject – remembering our Creator’s word. In our text, the wise man made a contrast between the words of God and the words of man. As we will see, it is important that we remember God’s […]

Filed Under: Old Testament, word of God Tagged With: error, listening, meditation, obedience, preaching, purpose, reading, remember, sin, study, time, word of God

Andy Sochor February 1, 2016

Types of Conscience

Text: 1 Timothy 1:5 One of the goals of preaching/teaching the word of God is a “good conscience.” Our conscience is designed to help guide us to do what is right (“right” depends on how it is trained). If we want to accomplish this goal, we need to understand more about the conscience. There are […]

Filed Under: New Testament Tagged With: conscience, forgiveness, guilt, knowledge, obedience, sin, teaching, word of God

Andy Sochor February 1, 2016

Contentment – What It Is and Is Not

Text: Philippians 4:11 The Bible stresses the importance of contentment in the lives of God’s people. However, we need to be sure we understand what contentment is. Many claim to be content, but in reality their condition may be better described as immaturity, disobedience, cowardice, laziness, apathy, etc. In this lesson, we will consider what the Bible says […]

Filed Under: Christian life, New Testament Tagged With: apathy, contentment, growth, heaven, humility, laziness, obedience, patience, persecution, prayer, sin, suffering, thankfulness, tolerance

Andy Sochor January 25, 2016

The Evils of Alcohol

Text: Proverbs 23:29-35 Many have questions about the use of alcohol. We need to know what the Bible says about it. In this lesson, we are going to talk about the evils of alcohol. Negative Effects of Alcohol (Proverbs 23:29) Emotional (“Who has woe?“) – lamentation; emotional distress; ironically, many turn to alcohol as a way to […]

Filed Under: Old Testament, society Tagged With: addiction, alcohol, death, drunkenness, social drinking, sorrow, speech, stewardship, strife

Andy Sochor January 18, 2016

Remember Your Creator

Text: Ecclesiastes 12:1 As the wise man began to close the book of Ecclesiastes, he made an appeal to the young: Remember your Creator. This is important for all, but particular emphasis is placed upon the young. Why is it important to remember God as our Creator? And how do we remember Him as such? […]

Filed Under: God, Old Testament Tagged With: blessings, creation, death, fear, God, humility, meditation, obedience, parents, prayer, purpose, remember, responsibility, study, thanksgiving, worship, youth

Andy Sochor January 18, 2016

This World Is Not My Home

Text: 2 Corinthians 5:1 Paul described the fact that our lives on earth are temporary, yet we have an eternal home in heaven. It is important that we understand this – this world is not our home; our real home is in heaven. In this lesson, we are going to contrast these two homes and consider […]