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Today’s discussion took in two topics of particular interest: both of them have vexed the Church since that first day.  First, let’s take a look at today’s scripture:
3 His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
4 Thus he has [...]

 
Danny pointed me toward Karen Sudduth’s wonderful site today. If you subscribe to our church’s daily devotional, you’re familiar with some of Karen’s writing. When I read the devotional that our church emailed us today, I knew who the author was within the first few sentences. There’s not many people that I can recognize through [...]

I’ve had people ask me from time to time, “Why do you suppose God chose Israel?”  It’s an understandable question.  Why did God choose this particular people – descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?  It’s funny, the people of Israel probably asked themselves the same question from time to time.  When we ask the question [...]

David’s prayer in today’s lesson expresses a universal human longing to know God and to sustain that knowledge through worship and devotion:
17 I know, my God, that you search the heart, and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who [...]

Good class discussion today.  Just when you wonder how the Old Testament is relevant today, we’re reminded that just as Nehemiah’s purpose was to rebuild the walls and gates of Jerusalem, so it is our mission to build God’s Kingdom – the New Jerusalem:
5 Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and [...]

Think about what travel was like at the time Ezra and the others journeyed back to Jerusalem.  It wasn’t just the lack of good roads and faster means of transportation such as we enjoy today.  It wasn’t just that there was no way of communicating with the Persian king for help if things went awry.   [...]

In today’s lesson scripture we learn of Ezra’s motivation in returning to Israel – to not only study the law of God, but to live it and to teach it.  Study for himself, live (obey) it for God, and teach it for others.  We also learn that Ezra led others, lay people as well as [...]

I had occasion recently to talk with a friend and college room-mate who is now a family practioner in Florida.  He takes a whole person and spiritual approach to medicine and to some his methods may even seem unconventional.  One of the comments he made while we were talking about the power of faith to heal, [...]

We all do this don’t we?  Even when we know at heart that God’s will is that we do something or follow some path, we look for proof.  “Is that really you, God?”  We want assurance now because to rely on faith is frightening.
14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might [...]

Today’s lesson scripture finds us once again with Moses on the brink of Israel’s crossing the Jordan.  This time it’s after the all the generation that refused at first to cross over have died (except Joshua and Caleb).  And . . . once again . . . there are those who don’t want to cross [...]