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We live in a world of grief, despair, fatigue, and all sorts of circumstances that cause us to need comfort. What is “comfort”? This book defines “comfort” as - Comfort is the assurance and sense of hope felt by a person who is suffering as another comes to help them get through their trial or tribulation. The Source for the best kind of comfort is God. The premise of this study of 2 Corinthians is because God loves us deeply, He is ever vigilant to watch over us and when He sees us in need or hurting, He comes along side of us to help us. . . . We can search the world through and ...

This is a heartfelt book. I accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord in 1977. I answered Jesus’ call to ministry in 1980. So, I have been in ministry for many years. And being in ministry I am familiar with the unique issues people go through who serve the Lord. I have been the pastor of two churches during this time. I pastored in a denomination and a nondenominational church. The church I have served in since 1993 is a church the Lord used me to plant. For the first 17 years or so, I was bi-vocational; the Lord provided for my family and I through various jobs and eventually in a ...

On the rear exit way leading out of our church is a sign that reads “You are now entering the mission field.” Having thought about this, I believe the same sign should be placed on the outside for those entering the church. I believe this is true of all churches. Church is not only a place where we come to be fed and spiritually equipped. It is a place where the saints are equipped so they can do works of ministry in their everyday lives (cf. Ephesians 4:11-12). But that is really only a part of what church is all about. Those who come to church only looking to receive will get only ...

Since the earliest beginnings of human history, people have been struggling with an empty heart. Loneliness, despair, depression, searching for meaning, angst, are all symptoms of an empty heart. God didn't create us with an empty heart. He created us to be full with Him. And therefore, only God can truly fix and fill our empty heart. How's your heart? How's the heart of those around you? Empty? Full? Jeremiah loved his country. He was a patriot of the southern kingdom of Judah to which God called him to minister. In our study we will see a man broken hearted for the empty hearts of his ...

Are you Ready for His Return? The Bible states that Jesus is coming back. Nearly a third of the Bible is devoted to prophetic events including the return of Jesus. Prophecy is important to God! And many of the remaining prophecies concerning the Last Days are being fulfilled right now! Some shy away from prophetic teaching because they find it confusing. But the Thessalonians were a church started on three weeks of Paul’s teaching. And yet, 1 Thessalonians emphasizes the importance of being ready for the return of Jesus in every chapter. Others dismiss prophetic content saying it isn’t ...

The word “Genesis” means “Origin” or “beginning.” If you want an accurate understanding of a book, you should start at the beginning. Genesis is the first and foundational book of the canon of scripture. In it we find the beginning of numerous important parts of life: The beginning or origin of God’s Revelation. The beginning of history. The beginning or origin of the universe. The beginning or origin of order and complexity. The beginning or origin of the solar system. The beginning or origin of the atmosphere and hydrosphere. The beginning or origin of life. The beginning or...

The 2024 reelection of President Donald J. Trump is what many are calling one of the greatest political comebacks in history. It is also a reprieve from the Lord to counter the direction our nation has been traveling in. I was moved to tears when my daughter-in-law sent me a phone video of a group of Trump supporters, after President Trump’s acceptance speech, spontaneously breaking out in worship with How Great Thou Art. Could God be using a political movement to usher in a more eternally significant revival? Whether this political victory will lead to a deeper, more eternally ...

Compelled to Share the Gospel is a book for everyone. If you know the Lord and are afraid to share the gospel, this book will help you overcome that fear. If you know the Lord but have no desire to share the gospel, this book will show you why you should change your mind and share the gospel. If you know the Lord and share the gospel regularly, this book will hopefully encourage you to keep doing so. If you don’t know the Lord but have a Christian friend who just won’t stop sharing the gospel with you or who is trying to share the gospel with you, this book will show you why you should ...

It’s true, we have a bright future. No matter how convoluted and confused, chaotic and concerning this world is now, there is a bright future for those who know Jesus as Savior and Lord. The best is yet to come. Do you believe that? Are you looking forward to what the future holds? If you know Who holds the future, you probably believe, the best is yet to come. If you don’t know Who holds the future, then you’re probably a little shaky about your future. But whether or not you know Who holds the future, you still might be thinking or saying, “What’s coming?” This series answers ...

“Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed” (Mark 1:35). From the earliest parts of the gospel, we are informed of Jesus’ prayer life. Everything Jesus did, flowed from His life of prayer. And everything we do, should flow out of prayer as well. What we do in life, our missions, our ministry, our actions and endeavors, are all to a great extent determined through prayer or the lack thereof. That is an essential lesson for anyone seeking to live a certain faith to learn. Prayer is a lifeline for ...

Why should we study the book of Daniel? Because Daniel and his three friends represent the best of God’s soldiering. And soldiering for the LORD is what is needed in our day. If you study the book of Daniel, and implement what God reveals through this mighty book, you won’t have to worry about being what the great missionary of the past C.T. Studd called, a “Chocolate Christian,” or someone who would melt under the fires of difficulty. Instead, the contents of this great book can ignite us with a passion for God. Daniel and his three friends were taken into captivity after Babylon ...

Peter is known for the greatest blunders and failures as well as for some of the greatest comebacks and victories in Jesus. It was Peter who proclaimed his loyalty to Jesus only to deny Him three times when Jesus needed him most (Matthew 26:30-35, 69-75). But Peter is also the only disciple to be personally restored by Jesus (John 21:15-19). Peter wasn’t perfect even after Pentecost as Paul’s rebuke attests (Galatians 2:14). But what Peter learned throughout his life and what he so ably shares in his first epistle is that, hope is alive when you live with Jesus. Peter learned from ...

The Tribulation is a time of God’s righteous repayment to those who have rejected the gospel and persecuted His people (2 Thess. 1:6-7). The details of the Tribulation Paul provides by the Spirit in this second letter helps us to be thankful that God in Christ by the Spirit has made a way for us to escape the terrible times that are coming upon this earth. God is not asleep. He isn’t overlooking or condoning the increasing sinfulness of this world and in particular our nation. He isn’t impotent to bring injustice and sin to judgment. God’s righteous wrath and judgment on a Christ-...

Have you been grieved by the direction our nation has been taking the last few years, decades? Are you discouraged politically? Have you come to the realization that it doesn’t much matter whether a Republican or Democrat is in office, they just don't have our interests in mind? .Do you feel you can’t trust your government or anyone from your local town hall to Washington D.C.? Are you ashamed of your country? Have you thrown your patriotism away because you're embarrassed to be associated with such proliferation of immoral licentiousness? If you answered “Yes,” to any of these ...

The Perfect Life is a life of Christian perfection, a purifying empowering work of the Holy Spirit received by faith and ongoing in faith enabling a persont o love God supremely and love other sacrificially with a Christ-like love.

The recent Covid crisis has to a great extent forced the world, and us, to face something we tend to not want to face, death. The Covid pandemic (regardless about your political leanings toward it and regardless of the accuracy of the fatality figures), with its suffocating effects, has forced us to consider death. As we hear about people dying, know people who have died, and consider our own mortality and potential death (if we have tested positive), the sting of death has touched us. There is good news for us to receive. Resurrection as taught in the Bible and as it is a part of the ...