This past weekend we examined 2 Chronicles 7:14.  Zooming out we discovered God calling us all to have humble hearts willing to do something.  And that we are called to turn from our old way of living and turn to God.  God, who is eager to forgive and bless.  I wonder, what are you doing?  What are you willing to do?  What's stoping you?  Have you ever asked that question before?  For some it's ou...  Read More

This past weekend we studied 2 Timothy 1:5.  We learned from this one verse how Paul was encouraging Timothy to lead the church in Ephesus to change the way they thought and acted.  He was encouraging them to live more like Jesus by honoring women.  The challenge was seen in the fact that Paul mentioned Timothy's mother and grandmother by name.  This would have been shocking to the culture and the...  Read More

This weekend we are going to pause from studying the Top 10 Bible verses that have been misunderstood and misused and instead honor mom!  Happy Mother's Day!   But before we look ahead, let's look back at last week.  Last week we specifically looked at Colossians 3:15 but to understand this verse properly we looked at Colossians 3:1-17.  Take time to read this again.  Remember the choice that we m...  Read More

This past Sunday we examined 1 Corinthians 6:9.  The way that this verse is often misunderstood is that we make it about one issue.  In particular we make it about homosexuality and only homosexuality.  And while Paul is clear that choosing to live this lifestyle is a sin, that's not Paul was writing about.  When we read the section that this verse was taken from (1 Corinthians 6:1-11) we discover...  Read More

This past Sunday we examined Matthew 18:20 and used this verse as a tool to teach us the importance of reading a verse in the greater context of the section.  That we can't take a verse by itself.  That reading the whole section helps to reveal to us God's intent.  So, to help us take a step back, we read Matthew 18:15-20 and discovered that Matthew 18:20 was in a whole section about ways to resto...  Read More

This past Sunday we examined Matthew 22:15-22 using a couple of helpful tools.  We leaned that we need to understand what's happening when these verses were written.  Who wrote the verses?  What do we know about the author?  Who were they writing to?  What was happening?  This is so helpful to understand as we study the Bible.  We also learned that we need to give grace to each other and ourselves...  Read More