By: Phil Hopkins One of the more common requests that people make is to have more patience. We all realize the importance of patience in dealing with others. When life gets stressful, when we are under pressure from others, even though we know that we should be patient, the various…
By: Phil Hopkins In the book of Galatians, we read about the fruit of the spirit. If you please all of the flavors of one bearing this fruit. Galatians 5:22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 meekness, self-control; against such there…
By Phil Hopkins As I look about in the world, I see planning in almost all that we do. A seamstress will use a pattern to make a garment, the builder uses plans for a construction project. If we buy an airline ticket, we buy it with a particular destination…
By: Phil Hopkins The mercies of God are beyond belief. The Father has promised us that He will bestow upon us His mercy: Micah 7:18 “Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his…
By: Phil Hopkins Over the years I have encountered a number of folks who claim to love God, but they always want to continue to hold on to their various denominational doctrines. Anyone familiar with Christianity realizes that the Christian is to love God, but what does that really mean?…
By: Phil Hopkins As was mentioned in last Sunday’s Bible class, we accumulate knowledge from many sources as we go through life. Most of the sources are usually reliable but some of them are not. In the spiritual realm, we hear many things about God, salvation and sin from a…
At the beginning of the year, we frequently think about what our goals and plans should be for the upcoming year. We may even set targets for us to achieve in the upcoming year. There is much to be said in planning for each year. Businesses set budget goals for…
Last week we considered the conflict between truth and error. They are opposites and as a follower of God, we must seek the truth: Proverbs 23:23 “Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.” Also: Matt. 6:24 “No man can serve two masters: for either…
In this and next week’s lessons, we will look at the conflict of truth versus error and what the Christian’s response should be to error. The Jews in the first century tried to blur the distinction between the two by accusing Christ of being from the Devil and using the…
On Wednesday evening, we started looking at the subject of biblical authority and how we can properly establish biblical authority regarding a particular subject. After one obeys Christ by putting Him on in baptism (Galatians 3:27) and learns the basics of how to serve Him faithfully, I can think of…