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There was a boy who never uttered a single word growing up. Then, one day, at age 5, while sitting at breakfast, he looked up from his plate and said in perfect English - 'The toast is burnt'...to which the family were amazed at. 'You can speak, that's amazing, why have you never spoken until now?' He…

How do you view suffering? How does God view our suffering? A means to show his glory. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with…

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 30:1-36:13 Matot= tribes ( מַּטּוֹת‎) and Masei= journeys (מַסְעֵי‎) Overall view of the Torah portion for this week: Numbers 30 : Vows Numbers 31 : Vengeance Numbers 32 : Vulnerability Numbers 33 : View the Past Numbers 34 : View Future…

2 Corinthians 6:3-7:1 Paul told us in chapter 5 that we are ambassadors for Christ, he begins chapter 6 telling us we are workers together with Christ and that today is the day of salvation, it is time for us to get to work. We made it that far last week through verse 2 of chapter 6. He continues on…

Introduction It came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. Shemini = Eighth שְׁמִינִי shemini (1033a); from the same as 8083; eighth (an ord. number):—eighth(28), sheminith(1). Robert L. Thomas, New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries…

This marvelous ministry reminders Last week we did not finish our lesson on the Marks of the Ministry so we want to continue this week on that same lesson. I think we will give some reminders first so we are all fresh where we are at. This marvelous ministry that brings comfort, brings deliverance (2Cor1)…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Getting Hedged Out of the Kingdom Get On The Bus 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. What would it look like to receive the grace of God in vain? How would it appear to be a recipient of God’s grace, but to have none of its authority…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

diōgmos ( διωγμός) The Refining Fire Of Persecution Introduction: Good morning, church! Today, we are going to delve into a subject that may challenge us but will also encourage us to grow deeper in our faith. The Bible tells us that as believers, persecution is not something to be feared but embraced…

Good morning! It is a joy and privilege to gather together in the presence of our Lord. Whether you are joining us here in person or tuning in online, we are delighted to have you with us today. We come together as a united family, bound by our shared faith in Jesus Christ, to worship, learn, and grow…

Knowing what it is we here at Hickory Corners Bible Church believe and how it is we operate is important. HCBC Basics is a condensed class to look at our statement of faith, and how it is we apply what we believe to our church life. This session will focus on what God requires within His local church.

Foundations are the most important thing yet often unseen part of any ediface. If the foundation of a building is not sound then the building will collapse when placed under stress. But if the foundations is sound then the building can withstand extreme stress. Cultures have foundations. These are the…

Titus 1-2 Good morning church! We are starting a short little letter this morning by the name of Titus. Just so you are aware, we will move through this book quickly as much of the material is similar to what we saw in 1 and 2 Timothy. Titus 1:1–4 (NKJV) 1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of…

? ! . In English, there are 16 punctuation marks — the period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, semicolon, colon, em dash, en dash, hyphen, parentheses, brackets, braces, apostrophe, double quotation marks, single quotation marks, and ellipsis — and they’re not as scary as they sound. . The .…

Season of preparation… season of getting ready. Who’d ready for Christmas? Christmas is coming, but even more importantly, Jesus is coming. Now one of those is good news… We are excited to think that Jesus is coming back… our world is in such a mess. How we long for that to be. But Christmas???? We just…

The Overview: Very Prevalent form of “cheap grace” theology. Masked in determinism and logical contradictions. God is Holy, Perfect and Just He is filled with both Love and Wrath We are Morally guilty before God due to sin Gods demand for righteousness must be kept We cannot possibly do it. Jesus did…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Spiritual Warfare If I just ask a simple question without clarification, what answer would you give: “How many people here today have engaged in or been aware of spiritual warfare in their lives? If I clarified spiritual warfare with one example from my own life as regular and foreseeable opposition…

Sunday October 16, 2022 Last week, in the 2nd service when we ended, we were looking at the context of Hebrews 13:6 6 So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear . What can man do to me?” You see, not fearing comes in a context of responding to the greater ministry that God has for…

Introduction Now there is a difficulty in this chapter that we need to address. I'm betting it's one that no one in the audience has ever heard before, but this is the kind of thing you'll run into in Israelite Religion in graduate school or in Daniel class or something like that. And that is, the reference…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Summary Revelation 21-22 is John’s climactic vision of the new Jerusalem and new earth. Not unexpectedly, there are deep Old Testament roots underlying his vision. But it is often a surprise to note that John specifically informs us that his end of days vision about the new, forever presence of God on…

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…