This week's lessons teach us how John the Baptist prepared the way for Christ's coming. Scripture: Mark 1:1-8 The first two parts of John's message are sin and the need for forgiveness, and the person ...

This week’s lessons remind us of the pricelessness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. At the end of yesterday’s lesson, we read that Paul claimed to have a right to the financial support of the Christian ...

Theme: The glory of the Gospel. This week’s lessons teach us about what God is doing in the world today. In this whole section of 2 Corinthians, the portion that I really like the best is the last.

"Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And ...

There are 13 chapters in the book of 2 Corinthians. This seventh chapter is the summary, or wrap-up, of what has come before. 2 Corinthians can be divided easily into three parts: chapters 1 through 7 ...

The second thing Mary was looking for was a martyr. He was a dead martyr, to be sure - the best martyrs are always dead - but still a martyr. In place of this, God gave Mary a risen Savior. We know ...

In this week’s lessons, Dr. Philip Ryken teaches us about restoration and obedience. There were two previous times when Peter tried to say, "No, Lord," rather than "Yes, Lord." We find one of them in ...

In this lesson on marriage, I think here of something C. S. Lewis said in one of his writings. He wrote that because we are eternal beings, created with eternal souls, in the ages to come each of us ...

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but ...

Yesterday we began to look at the gift of prophecy. Paul contrasts that gift with the gift of tongues in three areas. He says if prophecy is better for the church, if prophecy is better for the ...

The third step in getting along with other Christians is to rejoice in the Lord. Paul says this in Philippians 4:4: "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice." Paul knew that if a Christian ...