Jan
01
Dec
25
God Rules (Amos 1-2)
The first verse of the book tells us that Amos is the prophet, but he is not an ordinary prophet. Rather, he is a livestock breeder who lives in the town of Tekoa, which is ten miles south of Jerusalem. This offers Amos a unique perspective.
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Dec
25
IDOLATRY: Broken Cisterns
The prophet Jeremiah is charged to speak to the people of God whose hearts have turned away from the Lord and turned to the world. They have forsaken the Lord. The point Jeremiah makes in the second chapter is that they left the Lord without cause. Notice in Jeremiah 2:2 that the Lord remembers the devotion and love the people had at the beginning. It is a common problem that those who start to walk with the Lord lose the intensity of their devotion to God.
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Dec
18
The Illuminated Word (John 1:1-5)
We continue our study of the prologue to John’s gospel. In our last lesson we notice the foundational teaching that Jesus is God. John proves Jesus is God by showing that Jesus created all things and that in him is the light and the life. We also noticed that this a gospel that is filled with signs and symbols. As we study this gospel, it is important to ask ourselves why John is using the signs that he is using to prove who Jesus is.
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