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.

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 ...

“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at ...

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 lesson we’ll be studying Revelation 4 which is the first introduction in this book to what heaven is like. I want to begin by describing a rather extraordinary worship service. It took place ...

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 ...

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not ...

Suppose we do pursue regular, personal Bible study and prayer? Suppose we do earnestly seek to know the mind of our Savior and obediently follow where he leads? What do we find then? Some would say ...

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 ...