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Ep. #468: Sermon on the Mount Part 3 Matt. 5:25-32
In today’s episode, we discuss Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5:25-32, beginning with how reconciliation is an urgent thing because unresolved anger leads to divine judgment. Then we tackled the topic of adultery which took us to lust and th...
Ep. #467: Fighting the Good Fight, 1Tim. 6:12-16
In today’s episode, we discuss how Paul encouraged all believers to “fight the good fight of faith” and to “lay hold on eternal life.” Paul emphasized that this struggle is spiritual, because it is to preserve the faith. Timothy...
Ep. #466: Money or Faith? 1Tim. 6:9-11
In today’s episode, we ask the question: Do you love money, or do you have faith?Paul didn’t warn about possessing wealth, but he did warn against desiring to be rich. He rebuked people who chase after riches, those guilty of ha...
Ep. #465: What is True Gain? 1Tim. 6:2-7
In today’s episode, we talk about Paul’s warning that anyone who “teaches otherwise” and rejects wholesome, Christ‑given doctrine is a false teacher. False teachers are known by pride, ignorance, sly questions, strife, envy, railings, an...
Ep. #464: Q&A #45 with Bro. Sam Hewitt
Today’s Q&A has several powerful questions that we try our best to provide the best biblical answers possible, and these questions include: what happened at Gilgal in Amos and Hosea; whether the UFO phenomenon connects to the end‑tim...
Ep. #463: A Little Wine and Slavery, 1Tim. 5:23-6:1
In this episode, we discuss why Paul told Timothy to “use a little wine,” and that leads us to talk about water quality, medicinal use, Greek wordings, and Timothy’s stomach issues or anxieties. Paul then explains in vv. 24-25 how elders...
Ep. #462: Rebuke That Others May Fear, 1Tim. 5:18-22
In today’s episode, we go over how Paul taught that elders who labor in doctrine deserve honor and material support, citing “not muzzling the ox…” because “the laborer is worthy of his reward.” Paul also warned us against receiving accus...
Ep. #461: Sermon on the Mount Part 2 Matt. 5:15-24
In this episode, we discuss how Jesus taught that believers must shine the light that God has given them. The Lord saves us to be an influence to others, to bring glory to our Heavenly Father, and to live as salt and light. Jesus f...
Ep. #460: Idle Widows and Godly Elders, 1Tim. 5:13-17
In today’s episode, we discuss what Paul meant when he said that younger widows had cast off their faith. Once they did this, then they became idle, gossipy, and meddlesome… sounds like a great group of women, huh? Some of them were poss...
Ep. #459: Do You Provide For Your Own? 1Tim. 5:8-12
In today’s episode, we present the argument that 1Tim. 5:8 is commonly taken out of context and misapplied to lazy husbands. The truth of the matter is that Paul is speaking to the men who refuse to take care of widows and refuse ...
Ep. #458, Q&A #44 with Bro. Sam Hewitt
In this Q&A, we provide answers for several great questions, and among them are: why did John the Baptist ask if Jesus was the One; whether the serpent in Eden is the same being who tempted Jesus in the wilderness; the meaning of the...
Ep. #457: Widows that are Widows Indeed, 1Tim. 5:1-7
In today’s study, we discuss how “elder” refers to older men, and not ministers. Paul said to treat them “as a father” and then he addressed ministers that he also referred to as elders later in v. 17. We talk about how Timothy needed to...
Ep. #456: Be Thou an Example, 1Tim. 4:11-16
In today’s study, we discuss Paul’s charge to Timothy and his to command to teach doctrine, emphasizing trust in the living God and Christ as Savior. He told Timothy needed to rise above criticism about his age, and then he told him how ...
Ep. #455, Sermon on the Mount
In today’s episode, we begin a study of the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is for all believers, including the Beatitudes which are spiritual traits that can only be produced by God. We discuss humility, mourning over sin, meekness, me...
Ep. #454: What is Profitable? 1Tim. 4:4-10
In this episode, we discuss how Paul declares that “every creature of God is good” and is meant to be received with thanksgiving, the Word of God and prayer. He urged Timothy to nourish believers with sound doctrine, and to reject all th...
Ep. #453: Some Shall Depart From the Faith 1Tim. 4:1-3
In today’s episode, we see how the Spirit warned us that in the last days some will depart from the faith by heeding seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. We are given a powerful description of deception, false teachers, and hypocris...
Ep. #452: God Manifest in the Flesh, 1Tim. 3:15-16
In this episode, we examine what Paul meant when he told Timothy that he needed to teach believers how to behave in the House of God. He was to also show how the church is the pillar and ground of the truth. Because of this, believers tr...
Ep. #451: Q&A #43 with Bro. Sam Hewitt
In this Q&A, we were asked some wonderful questions, and in them we explore how Scripture handles identity, order, and divine involvement, whether unnamed figures are connected, how angels relate to women, who the young man is in Mark 14:51...
Ep. #450: Deacons and their Wives, 1Tim. 3:9-14
In this episode, we discuss how Paul outlined the qualifications for deacons, and even of their wives. This portion parallels what Paul taught concerning the bishop needing godly character. Deacons must be dignified, sincere, sober, blam...
Ep. #449: Having a Good Report, 1Tim. 3:4-7
In today’s study, we discuss how Paul taught that a bishop must rule his home well, with obedient, respectful children. Failure in the minister’s family will undermine his leadership ability within God’s house. A minister’s wife or child...
Ep. #448: The Attack on Christ’s Deity (with Bro Sam Hewitt)
In today’s episode, we respond to a person who challenged the deity of Christ, and went as far as to attack Who Jesus is. He made several claims about Jesus’ growth, obedience, temptation, suffering, and limitations in His flesh. We defe...
Ep. #447: What a Bishop Should Be, 1Tim. 3:2-3
In this episode, we learn that a bishop must be sober, self‑controlled, modest, and consistently respectable in his conduct, tone, and appearance. He must avoid alcohol, violence, and greed. Instead, he should showcase patience, gentlene...
Ep. #446: Ministry Requirements, 1Tim. 3:1-2
In this episode, we dig into what Paul taught concerning the office of a bishop, and we discuss whether it applies to other forms of ministry… we believe it does. He also that desiring the office of a bishop is a good thing to long for. ...
Ep. #445: Q&A #42 with Bro Sam
In this episode, we bring to you the seven questions we received over the past month or so, and these questions include: whether idols are mere human inventions or empowered by real spirits… why God created the devil knowing he would bri...
Ep #444: Suffer Not a Woman to Teach, 1Tim. 2:10-15
In this episode, we make the argument that Paul’s instructions concerning women are still relevant today. All women should display godliness through their good works, have modest conduct, all the while submitting to the authority of the ...