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  • Foundations Lesson 5 Part One: Who Is Man Genesis 1

    Genesis 1:24-31 1. Background In the beginning, God created humanity. Man was the crowning glory of His masterpiece. God gave man a special honor and position within the created order. These passages reveal to…

  • Bless Your Work, Lord!

    Father, would you bless the work done in your Son’s name, even the work performed by your servant? As you blessed the work and life of Hezekiah, even so bless me Father. In a…

  • Foundations 4: the Trinity John 14

    1. Background Our chapter records Jesus’ and the disciple’s last night before the cross. The conversation is straightforward and honest, as you would expect the last conversation with a loved one would be. Jesus…

  • Romans 4:13-25

    Background: In the last three chapters, Paul has written to the early Roman church to conclude that all men are sinners, both Jews and Gentiles alike. All men counted righteous before God by the…

  • Foundations 1: Who is God–Genesis 1

     1. Background Our starting point with God must start with a simple statement, “In the beginning God”. No explanations–no test tubes exist to do experiments on God, just a simple message that is either…

  • Romans 3

    Background Paul has set an intellectual but caring trap for the Jews who would be reading his letter.  In chapter one, Paul would have had everyone, particularly the Jewish Christians in Rome, nodding in…

  • Foundations 2: God’s Character–Jeremiah 10

    Background God’s people held a special relationship with Him in a covenant. But when God’s people were unfaithful to Him, He would eventually allow them to be taken captive by their enemies. When Judah…

  • Romans 2

    Background After Paul’s introduction, he wastes no time getting to the point. The church in Rome is a mixed church with both Jews and “Greek” Christians. As a church planter all over the world,…

  • Romans 1

    Paul is writing to Christians in Rome from Corinth just as he is preparing to bring the offering of money to the church in Jerusalem. Chapter 16 tells us Phebe from Cenchraea (where Paul…