Bible Study Resources

Commentaries, Devotionals & Essays

  • Advent 4.2: Joy in Remembrance

    Light three purple candles and one pink/red candle. Read: Isaiah 49:5-13 “Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.” (Isaiah 49:13) —– I once had a pastor friend tell me that one of

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  • Advent 4.1: Joy to the World!

    (Author’s Note: Twas a busy day for yours truly. Like a basketball player trying to beat the shot clock, at 11:07pm here is today’s Advent post.  A video blog I shot after my church’s Christmas event tonight.) — Be God’s!

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  • In the Words of a Giant

    This week one of the guys in the church reflected on the moment that led him to eventually believe that Jesus is more than a moral teacher — that he is the Lord Himself. He was sitting in church one December Sunday (an atheist dragged to church by his wife) when our pastor, Steve, shared

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  • Advent 3.7: Peace of Heaven

    Light all three purple candles. Read: Revelation 21:1-4 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their

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