As we discovered in our last meeting – each stewardship consisted of a steward, a responsibility, a consequent failure to fulfill the stewardship. This was followed by a judgment upon the steward followed by a transition of time leading to the next stewardship. This has been repeated throughout history as recorded in our Bible. The … Read more

Today we began the two part Epilogue of the parables we studied over the past three weeks. Understanding that our Bible is divided by a series of judgments can help us look at it in smaller sections than just the Old Testament and New Testament. Our key verse is 2 Timothy 2:15: Study to shew … Read more

Part three of our study of the three 2nd Advent parables, the parable of the penny, the parable of the talents, and the parable of the pounds was quite the finish, as we unpacked the parable of the pounds in Luke 19:11-27. All three of these parables deal with time and treasure leading up to … Read more

We were able to get through part two, of our three part study of the three 2nd Advent parables, the parable of the penny, the parable of the talents, and the parable of the pounds. So, today we unpacked the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30.As we saw last week a talent is the … Read more

Today, we began to unpack three parables concerning rewards at the 2nd Advent. Peter and the disciples, in Matthew 19:27-30, wanted to know what their reward was going to be when Jesus ascended the throne in the millennial kingdom. Jesus promised they would each have a throne and a judgeship in the kingdom. Their focus … Read more

The story of the rich young ruler in Matthew 19:16-22, Mark 10:17-22, and Luke 18:18-23 is a clear description of performance based salvation that we find before the death, burial, and resurrection Christ changed everything! We are reminded that faith is believing what God said and acting on it. Hebrews 11 is the definitive chapter … Read more