"But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does."
— James 1:25 NKJV
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The Holy Spirit: Misconceptions
There are many ideas about the Holy Spirit and His work that are widely believed but not taught in the scriptures. We want to look at some of the...
The Holy Spirit: His Work (Part 2)
In the last class, we started talking about the work of the Holy Spirit. Today, we want to finish this study, looking His role in our sanctification...
The Holy Spirit: His Nature and Work (Part 1)
We want to take a look at some of the many scriptures that teach us about the Holy Spirit. There is a lot of misunderstanding regarding who He is...
Church History: An Abridged Overview from the Restoration Movement to Today
Today, we continue our look at the history of some departures from the way of Christ and attempts to return to His way. We are looking at much more...
Church History: An Abridged Overview from the Apostles to the 1850s
We are looking at history of "the church" in the sense of those who claim to be following Christ but there are many departures from the way of...
How to Keep From Repenting: A Guide to Being Offended and Other Great Techniques!
There are a number of techniques people use to keep from repenting from their sins. We want to look at some of those today and see how easy it is to...
Give No Offense: A proper approach to offending people
The Bible teaches us that we should not give a cause for offense to anyone. But what does that mean? How does a Christian stand for truth and not...
Demons
What are demons? How do they affect people? Can we still be troubled by demons today? We want to examine these questions.
Matthew 24: Destruction of Jerusalem
We looked last time at the "Day of the Lord" in the book of Joel and saw that very similar language can be used to describe various judgments of...
Joel: The Day of the Lord
The book of Joel is quite short but uses the phrase "day of the Lord" repeatedly throughout the prophecy. What is meant by this phrase that is used...
Fasting: What is the Purpose?
Fasting is something that we find done fairly frequently in some circles of the denominational world. Most brethren I know don't spend a lot of time...
Church Supported or Operated Organisations
So-called "main-line churches of Christ" band together as organisations of churches through sponsoring churches or separate organisations that the...
Difference Between the Church and the Individual (or Family)
Sometimes the argument is made that since the church is the people, anything Christ wants the people to do, the church can do. We want to examine...
Fellowship Meals
In this class, we examine some arguments that are made to justify fellowship meals--common meals eaten as a church.
Conclusions: Necessary, Unnecessary, and Impossible
In this class, we look at how to properly use necessary conclusions (also known as necessary inference) and see the difference between this and how...
Psalms: The Inspired Song Book - Messianic Psalms (Part 2)
In this class, we look at Psalms 22, 110, and 45, which are very powerful prophecies of Jesus, the Messiah.
Psalms: The Inspired Song Book - Messianic Psalms (Part 1)
In this class, we begin looking at some of the Psalms that made prophecies about Jesus. We look at Psalms 8, 2, 16, and 40.
Psalms: The Inspired Song Book - Imprecatory Psalms (Part 2)
In this class, we finish our examination of the imprecatory psalms (those that ask God to bring curses on our enemies) and look at Psalms 69 and 109...
Psalms: The Inspired Song Book - Imprecatory Psalms (Part 1)
In this class, we look at an example of imprecatory language (calling down curses on someone's enemies) in Psalm 58 and discuss how this type of...
Psalms: The Inspired Song Book - Historical Psalms
There are a few Psalms that have the history of God's work with Israel as their main focus. We want to look at some of those today and see what...
Psalms: The Inspired Song Book - Praise Psalms
In this lesson we look at a few of the Psalms that focus on praising God and giving thanks to Him and see what the reasons are that are given in...