Hot or Cold: ✔ | Lukewarm: ✖ | Revelation 3:14-22 Bible Study (Slideshow+)
How Do You Like Your Coffee? Many like coffee hot. Many like coffee cold (e.g, iced coffee). Yet, I suspect very few enjoy it lukewarm. If tasted, many […]
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![If We're Following Christ, Christ Comes First | Mk 8:34-38 Sermon [Video, Text]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/crosswalk-300x300-300x245.jpg)
If We’re Following Christ, Christ Comes First | Mk 8:34-38 Bible Study [Slideshow+]
On the road of life, how tempting is it to type in our own GPS coordinates, head to where we want to go, and then ask God for traveling mercies? If we claim to follow Christ, however, we must let Jesus take the wheel. Following Jesus means we must be willing to “lose” our lives (metaphorically or even literally) for Christ. We must be ride-or-die.
![Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) Bible Study [Slideshow+]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Tower-of-Babel-Screenshot-Bible-Study-326x245.png)
Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) Bible Study [Slideshow+]
This intriguing account, structured chiastically, tells how God disinherits and scatters peoples across the earth and assigned members of His divine council to govern each nation (cf. Dt 32:8-9, ESV) — before taking Israel as His special inheritance (cf. the Call of Abraham in Genesis 12f.) to establish His Kingdom.
![Psalm 82 & The Divine Council Bible Study [Slideshow+]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ps82-326x245.jpeg)
Psalm 82 & The Divine Council Bible Study [Slideshow+]
In Psalm 82, God (Elohim, singular) stands in the divine assembly of elohim (plural)– lesser, created, divine/spiritual beings. At least some of these elohim are condemned by God for not exercising justice when governing the nations. They were supposed to govern justly concerning the poor, needy, fatherless, powerless – but they didn’t do their job. Therefore God says these disobedient elohim will die like mortals. Then the Psalmist prays that the LORD manifests His justice over all the nations – for they’re all, ultimately, the LORD’s inheritance.
![Trust in the LORD With ALL Your Heart | Proverbs 1:7, 3:5-6, 21:2 Bible Study [Slideshow+]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/My-way-versus-Gods-way-326x245.jpg)
Trust in the LORD With ALL Your Heart | Proverbs 1:7, 3:5-6, 21:2 Bible Study [Slideshow+]
The fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge and wisdom. We must acknowledge that we creatures lack the knowledge and wisdom of the Creator. Thus, it only makes sense to follow the Creator of life’s instructions for life. We are to trust in the LORD entirely and exclusively, not in our feeble understanding. In everything we do, we are to submit to Him, and He will make our paths straight (morally). Let us not rely on our own moral compass and ethical judgments, for it is the LORD who is the ultimate Judge.
True Freedom, Indeed! | John 8:31-36 Bible Study (Slideshow+)
Research suggests that the modern conception of freedom — our most cherished value — is almost purely negative (i.e., freedom *from* constraints). The Truth of Jesus gives (negative) freedom *from* sin and (positive) freedom *to* fulfill our original purpose — right relationship with God. Though our culture often co-opts His words, His is the Truth that truly “will set you free.”
I Am A King’s Kid: Salt & Light (Mt 5:13-16) Bible Study Slideshow+
Children resemble their parents; Children of God must resemble their Heavenly Father. We must have a distinctive family resemblance — that sets us apart from the world. We must strive to be holy as He is holy. We must be the salt of the earth, and light of the world.
![Thankful For His Service | Isaiah 53 (52:13 - 53:12) Bible Study [Slideshow+]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Thankful-For-His-Service-Isaiah-53-Bible-Study-326x245.png)
Thankful For His Service | Isaiah 53 (52:13 – 53:12) Bible Study [Slideshow+]
This popular prophecy of Isaiah (8th century BC) foretells of a Suffering Servant whose substitutionary, atoning death would heal the broken relationship between God and His people. In the NT, Jesus is identified as this messianic figure who was humbled before being exalted…
![Fac✝s: Faith's Firm Foundation | 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Bible Study [Slideshow+]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Facts-Faiths-Firm-Foundation-Bible-Study-326x245.png)
Fac✝s: Faith’s Firm Foundation | 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Bible Study [Slideshow+]
To make his case for the Resurrection, Paul cites both his subjective, personal experience in addition to objective, historical evidence. We should do the same. For though people have their philosophical prejudices, given the historical facts that scholars of all stripes agree upon, the Resurrection is the best historical explanation.
![Listen, Love: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Bible Study [Slideshow+]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Listen-Love-Deuteronomy-6-4-9-Bible-Study-326x245.png)
Listen, Love: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Bible Study [Slideshow+]
When Jesus is asked about the greatest commandment, He quotes the Shema (Dt. 6:4-9) — the most fundamental confession of the Old Testament, which devout Jews still recite daily. Let us love the One who gives us everything with everything He’s given us.