Bible Study Resources

Commentaries, Devotionals & Essays

  • The Resurrection: A Fantastic Reality

    Happy Easter! He is risen! He is risen indeed. I had the real joy a few years ago (7! can you believe it?) to preach an “Easter” sermon at Gainesville Bible Church. It wasn’t on Easter proper but during the Easter season. I remember staying up for days studying 1 Corinthians 15, one of the

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  • For the Orphan, the Widow, the Poor

    He (God) defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. (Deut. 10:18; see also 24:19-21) If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or

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  • Post Advent 4: The Virgin Birth

    Read Luke 1:26-38 “In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is

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  • Post Advent 3: Celebrate the Mystery

    Read: Colossians 1:15-22; 2:9-15  “Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.  But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation.” (21-22) “For in Christ all the fullness of the

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