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This has been an interesting week for Tanya and me. You see, she got sick with a bug that left her exhausted and weak; something similar to what I experienced a couple months ago. Nothing serious. But in light of the environment we live in today where everyone automatically thinks COVID, she’s laying…

Introduction: A wilderness journey can seem like an empty time. A wasted time of aimless wandering, a time of not really knowing why or where to next. A time when little is achieved. Most people I talk to who have reflected on a wilderness time in their life actually tell me that at the time it seemed…

Pastor Mike reads verse by verse through 1 Kings 8, The Dedication of the Temple

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14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. 4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. 25…

5 “And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. 6 You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord . 7 And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, an offering…

32 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery. 1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these…

1. The call to keep sabbath, 35:1-3. Having gathered the congregation of the sons of Israel, Moses — his face radiant from God’s presence — speaks to them. Moses gives the divine command regarding the observance of the Sabbath. It is from the LORD, emphasizing that it is He who is the ruler of the sabbath.…

End of David’s Reign 1 Kings 1-2 Describes the end of David’s reign. David's sons watched his strength slip away, waiting for him to die. Abishag a concubine is brought to David and even she cannot stir him. She is sent to keep him warm, and his sons start to plot against him. After Absalom was killed,…

You Do Not Get Grace Without Enduring Any Tests v.6 While You May Have Some Things In Common, You Must Be Built Different v.9 Rather than Lay Down, Bow Down v.10 When You Use What You Got, You Will Get What You Need v.19

The Seven Days of Genesis 1 Do Not Concern Material Origins Previous chapters proposed that Genesis 1 is not an account of material origins but an account of functional origins, specifically focusing on the functioning of the cosmos as God’s temple. In the last chapter we identified the seven days of…

God Sends Jesus to Complete His Temple Project, God sends Jesus to complete his temple project. The temple theme binds together the the different phrases and events for the Garden of Eden, in Genesis 1–3 , to the Garden City (the New Jerusalem) in Revelation 21 . The temple is a palace for the divine…

Taking the Bible's Own Context Seriously In this second episode of the series on Bible study, we will discuss what interpreting the Bible “in context” really means — taking the Bible’s own primitive context seriously. Rather than filter the Bible through creeds dating from the 17th and 18th centuries,…

The Sanhedrin accused Stephen of disrespecting Abraham and the Temple. Stephen responded to the charge or blasphemy by bearing witness to God. God who intervened on behalf of his people, but, many remained stubborn in their disbelief. He spoke honorably of Abraham, the Prophets, and the Temple. Of Abraham…

Many people resisted God, to the point of murder. Stephen was dragged before the Sanhedrin and accused of blasphemy. Stephen a man that was said to be “full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people” was dragged before the Sanhedrin because Hellenistic Jews lied and…

Not Russia We are jumping ahead quite a bit to correct a false narrative that is common in Christianity, and very common today we will be in Ezekiel 38 & Ezekiel 9 today Summary these chapters are among the most familiar in the entire book of Ezekiel. This first of two episodes on these chapters focuses…

Message from the Messenger Momentarily Mute Maturation by being Mum Message of Manifestation

1 “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2 And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. 3 You shall make pots…

There is a right and a wrong way to Live Jesus Gives us Eternal Life When Jesus Comes into a persons heart theres going to be some serious change 17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in…

Christmas has come and gone, but it doesn't have to be over. It shouldn't be over! We should learn to keep Christmas going. Find out how as we look at a faithful woman by the name of Anna.

In addition, Josiah eradicated the mediums, the spiritists, household idols, images, and all the abhorrent things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah found in the Lord ’s temple.…

Intro: Why Celebrate Passover? The celebration of Passover was to encourage and strengthen faith. As the LORD kept vigil over the sons of Israel to bring them out of Egypt, so Passover is a reminder of the LORD’s mighty hand in redeeming Israel in fulfilling His covenant promises to the patriarchs and…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and turn with me to Mark 13 , Mark 13 . Happy New Year. I hope everyone had a good new year’s celebration. We had a very nice breakfast on Friday morning during which we shared some of the blessings that God bestowed…

Have you ever been desperate? Desperate for anything? Occasionally when I get hungry, I experience what I describe as a sugar crash. It’s what the snicker commercials call Hangry. When I start to feel it coming on, it’s not that I get angry, just I get really focused on food. NOW I’ve found that in that…