THE GREAT APPOINTMENT

PM Home Bible Study Group; May 12, 2010 Ecclesiastes 9:2-12 Theme: This passage describes Solomon’s counsel living life in light of the fact that our life “under the sun” will one day be brought to an end. Every person has an appointment to keep. There’s no way that anyone can excuse themselves from it, because it is an appointment that must be kept by all. There’s...
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THE WOMAN WHO STAYED THE SWORD OF VENGEANCE

Preached Mother’s Day Sunday, May 9, 2010 from 1 Samuel 25 Theme: The story of the Old Testament heroine Abigail exemplifies to us the ministry of encouraging others to leave vengeance in the hand of God. (Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are taken from The Holy Bible, New King James Version; copyright 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc.) Mothers’ Day is, admittedly, a man-made...
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PASSOVER LAMB & LEADING CLOUD

AM Bible Study Group; May 5, 2010 Numbers 9:1-23 Theme: This passage describes the sort of obedience that needed to characterize the children of Israel in their journey to the promised land.. This passage is another example of how the book of Numbers doesn’t necessarily follow a chronological order. The events described in this passage relate to the time that Moses set up the Tabernacle...
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MATRONLY MENTORS

Preached Sunday, May 2, 2010 from Titus 2:3 Theme: Older women are to model Christ-like womanhood to the younger women in the church. (Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are taken from The Holy Bible, New King James Version; copyright 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc.) [podcast]http://www.bethanybible.org/audio/050210.mp3[/podcast] As I was talking with my wife the other day about this...
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GOD'S UNSEARCHABLE PURPOSES

PM Home Bible Study Group; April 28, 2010 Ecclesiastes 8:14-9:1 Theme: This passage describes Solomon’s counsel in the light of God’s unsearchable purposes in the events of life. In the third century B.C., an Athenian philosopher named Epicurus founded a school of thought based on—for his time, anyway—a radically ‘materialistic’ view of life. It viewed all...
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