Category archives: Studies

  • The answer to your question is that God tells us to be obedient so He can hold us accountable for the actions that He knows we will perform because of the fact that He created us weak. God does not force us to sin. He doesn't have to force us to sin. You don't force a dog to bark, a cat to meow, a r... [read more]
  • Speaking in Unknown Tongues [Posted July 6, 2006] The word 'unknown' is nowhere to be found in the original language in 1 Corinthians 14. It does not appear in the original and is always in italics in the Bibles which have the italics to let the reader know that this word was not in the original... [read more]
  • If you notice, Peter was fighting for a cause that dwarfs our families and countries. Peter's reason for cutting off the ear of the high priest's servant was the absolute ultimate cause for which anyone could fight. Peter was fighting for "the Christ, the Son of the living God." Peter was fighting f... [read more]
  • Get the audio We are in Mat 22 where Jesus is talking about the kingdom of heaven. All of the parables are about the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven is the theme of the entire Bible, from Gen 1:1 to Rev 22, through the last verse of that book. It is presented to begin with as a conflict bet... [read more]
  • Get the audio This chapter starts out with the disciples asking Jesus who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Christ set a little child, just like Connor, on his lap. He said except you become like this little child, you will is no way enter into the kingdom of God. Mat 18:1-3 At the same t... [read more]
  • Being 'slain in the spirit,' has no basis in the scriptures. There is not one single example of such a display in the entirety of God's word. This experience is easily discerned for what it is, if one will only go to God's Word and notice carefully how all the men of God conducted themselves in the ... [read more]
  • Get the audio 2Co 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, agai... [read more]
  • Get the audio We were in Mat 24 last time. We covered a little over half of the chapter. While we had several chapters, I dwelled upon what the fowl of the air are. I'm going to hit those last 2 verses so we can tie it in with what we are talking about today. Today, the title I am giving it is 'thi... [read more]
  • Audio Download Could You Not Watch With Me? [Study Posted June 6, 2006] This study is entitled 'Could you not watch with me?' That's what Christ asks his disciples when they go with him to the garden of Gethsemane to pray, right after the Lord's supper, the passover. Mat 26:36 Then cometh Jesu... [read more]
  • by Mike Vinson A friend questioned the sovereignty of God when reading in Jas 1:13 that God did not tempt men and thought that therefore God is not responsible for evil, only the good things that happen to us. What James says is "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot... [read more]
  • Joh 5:39 - Search the scriptures… 2Ti 2:15 - Study to show yourself approved…rightly dividing the word of truth 2Ti 3:15-17 - …from a child you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation… Act 17:11 - The Bereans were more noble…because they searched the s... [read more]