Studies, Sermons, and prayer from the Minden Presbyterian Church
The angel of the Lord in the Old Testament represents pre-incarnate appearances of Jesus Christ, demonstrating His presence throughout biblical history. This divine figure speaks with God's authority, makes divine promises, and is recognized as God Himself by those who encounter Him. This understanding helps explain how people could see and interact with God in physical form while maintaining the truth that no one can see God the Father directly. This revelation showcases Christ's complete nature as both merciful Savior and mighty Judge, from His compassionate interaction with Hagar to His role in divine judgment.
This class created a bunch of questions and some of them you can hear, others only the answer. So does the foreknowledge of God necessitate predestination of all action?
This is our fourth teaching on the topic, regardless of the slide that says it is 3). Things are getting clearer.
In our third episode as things begin to become clearer and we find more evidence of items we have missed in the text.
This episode includes the teaching tiles from the Tuesday lunch studies. Here we begin to explore a part of the supernatural world we have ignored.
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy. Shakespeare had it right and we have missed many things in scripture because of our presuppositions. This teaching series will explore many of those. This is episode 1.
Scripture and the connections in it actually point to a date....
Calenders, the two witnesses, olive trees - there is a lot going on in this episode of our study.
Do you realize that the creator of the universe appreciates you? How does that make a difference in your life?
Who is the "mighty angel"? What Old Testament antecedents are there?
To be a true prophet of God you must have a throne experience before the council of God ... and in Ezekiel's case, there is no promise of earthly success.
In Ephesians 1: 3-14 scripture tells us we are blessed. Is your theology "cat" or "dog" theology?
Revelation 9 reveals John's vision of the fifth and six trumpet judgments. Several interpretive issues are immediately apparent? What is the nature of the angel with the key to the bottomless pit (Rev 9:1)? Is this angel the same or different than that in Rev 9:11 or Abbadon/Apollyon? Who or what is being released from the bottomless pit (Rev 9:3-11)? These questions take the reader into the wider question of whether Revelation's apocalyptic descriptions should be read in terms of modern analogies. In this meeting, we discern how the release of evil supernatural beings from the bottomless pit has clear connections to how Second Temple Jewish texts and 2 Peter describe the imprisoned Watchers, the sons of God of Genesis 6:1-4 infamy, and how the odd descriptions of those beings in insect and animal form have clear, abundant antecedents in the Old Testament.
Who are you in Jesus? Sinner or Saint? This message answers that question.
We conclude chapter 8 of the Book of Revelation in this episode. Remember that this study is looking at the use of the Old Testament the Book of Revelation.
The vision of Ezekiel 1 (also described in Ezekiel 10) is one of the more famous passages in the Bible. It's also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, we explain what we're looking at in Ezekiel 1 and what it means. Along the way, it will be clear that Ezekiel isn't describing a flying saucer or anything that would have been unfamiliar to an Israelite. We can know what Ezekiel saw because of the iconography (artwork) of the day that has survived and also because of its close connections to other Old Testament passages.
Where does your identity lie? What gifts does God give with this identity?
In this teaching we coverRevelation 8 begins the vision of the first six trumpets. The sequence is kicked off by the Lamb's opening of the seventh and final seal on the scroll from Revelation 5. The chapter raises some immediate questions: How are we to understand the silence in heaven? Who are the seven angels? Do the ensuing trumpet judgments have an Old Testament context? This episode of the study answers these questions and prepares us for the judgment sequence through the remainder of Revelation 8 and Revelation 9.
Who do you think you are? God says you are made in his image and likeness; you're a revelation receiver who is humbly honored, made to mirror, and blessed to bless. Satan lies and tempts our pride to believe that we can achieve an identity (e.g., through Items, Duties, Others, Longings, Sufferings), rather than simply receive it from God. This is identity idolatry, worshiping created things rather than the Creator.
This episode marks the beginning of our series on the book of Ezekiel. Several characteristics set Ezekiel off from the rest of the classical (“Writing”) prophets: the prophet's bizarre behavior, the use of symbols and symbolic acts, and the emphasis on the Spirit. This episode introduces the prophet and what to expect as we explore the book in future series episodes.
If you are a Christian that is filled with the Spirit of God you will be generous.
we should always be precise in our reading of scripture
Christianity was a new kind of faith in the ancient world, and should still be different in the modern.
our five-minute theology series asks "what is the proper context for filtering the Bible?"
Maintain faith and understand the presence and power of Christ through the Communion that all believers share...
In this parable, a nobleman gives ten of his servants one mina each to engage in business with while he goes away to receive a kingdom. Those who steward their mina well are entrusted with cities to oversee; those who don’t have theirs taken away. Similarly, Jesus is a King with a kingdom, and we have the opportunity to be faithful servants of Jesus’ kingdom while we await his second coming.
The Wednesday night study from 10/21/20 prepare to be amazed; Jesus never left and His words are still speaking.
Sermon Series in Luke. This sermon deals with Zacchaeus. From 10. 18.2020
The sermon from October 11th, 2020 ... Jesus gives sight to the Blind
Why did the early church succeed while the current church in the West is retreating?
An introductory lesson remembering who we are as a part of the Church. We have nothing to fear, Christ is victorious.
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