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This episode is a short sermon by James Kaczor on Esther Chapter 6. In the book of Esther we find something very interesting, and it's that there is no mention of God anywhere in the entire book. This is especially strange considering that the different names for God (God/Lord) are by far the most commonly found nouns in the Bible (Because the Bible is a book about God). However, in this short book, there is no mention of God. Why is this? Well, in this short sermon, James will show that even though the book of Esther doesn't use the name of God, it is clear that the fingerprints of God are all over the book and its events. In this book we see a wonderful picture of God's Providence at work to save his people and bring shame to his enemies.

Introduction: I Can Trust the Bible Because... (2 Peter 1:16-21) It is not a myth but Historical Fact (2 Peter 1:16) The Bible is Verified by... Eyewitness Testimony Archaeological Evidence Scientific Accuracy It is not an incomplete guide but The Only Source of Light in a Dark World . (2 Peter 1:17-19) It is not the opinion of man but An Inspired Message from God . (2 Peter 1:20-21) Sermon Notes (PDF): BLANKHint: Highlight blanks above for answers! Small Group DiscussionRead 2 Peter 1:16-21What was your big take-away from this passage / message?What does it mean that the Bible defends itself? Why can it be trusted?Why do we delay/put off Bible reading and study at times? How can you take steps to grow in your ability as a student of the Bible over the next several days and weeks?BreakoutPray for one another.

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 13:1-7. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means. Topics covered: The Christian's relationship to governing authorities: obey them, honor them, pray for them -- What it means to “submit to authorities” -- Exception to the requirement of Christians to submit to authorities -- God's active role in establishing all authorities here on earth -- Advancing the Gospel is not a role of government -- The corrupting influence of power -- The separation of church and state in the Bible -- Because of their divisive nature, politics needs to be kept out of the church -- The teaching of history is that God does not establish Christian governments -- The primary purposes of government: keep order; maintain justice. For more Bible studies, visit ScriptureStudies.com

What does your prayer life look like- Are you tired of saying the same things about the same things to God- Do you struggle to get through one prayer without drifting into other thoughts- Well there is a solution-today we are looking at 3 motivations for why we should pray the Bible-Because we see the example from others in the Bible, because it helps us know what is most important to God and it helps us pray truth as we learn to follow His will. Join us today as we look at this important subject about communicating with God-

Red, black, & brown. New colors of the American flag. We can keep the stars or give them back. It don't matter at this point. The stars are the feathers in a cap that Yankee Doodle took to town. Riding on death. We don't believe the Bible becAuse we don't practice it. We think believing in the Bible is agreeing with it. What is being a Christian? What is being a good samaritan? A new America for all. Right? Helping every American right? Addressing American failures and righting American wrongs right? not about feeling good about ourselves. Just because we listen. are self-righteous. We step over hurting people everyday. We cross the street to avoid them. We look the other way when people are suffering. They need help! Humans are asking for help. We are bad Samaritan's! We don't want to help anyone. we don't want to house, feed, and take responsibility for them. We do not want to be our brothers keeper. We don't want to help others. We keep Christianity at bay with our twisted logic. We pretend to be something we are not so we can feel better about killing black people. C'mon America own it. George bush didn't care about black people. Kanye was right and now he's moved on. But we are still here. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Why are faith and love so tied together in the Bible? Because they are tied together as a summary of the Christian life.

Why study 1 Corinthians?   Because it is part of God’s Word, the Bible Because it is highly relevant to our lives as individuals and to the church today It teaches us important lessons about:   The secret of true wisdom The importance of unity The seriousness of immorality The nature of marriage, including the right person to marry! The right use of freedom The way we should worship The correct use of spiritual gifts The overriding supremacy of love The certainty of resurrection   Before we start to look at the text, I’m going to give you some basic background information on:   The city of Corinth Paul’s letters to the Corinthians How the Corinthian church was started   The city of Corinth Corinth is in Greece. It’s on the Isthmus, a narrow strip of land - just over 4 miles wide - joining the northern and southern parts of Greece.   It was a very important trading city.  Goods were transported overland to avoid the lengthy sea-voyage around the Peloponnese (the southern part of Greece).   The old Greek city had been destroyed in 146BC and refounded by Julius Caesar as a Roman colony in 46BC.  As a result, there were both Greeks and Romans living there as well as Jews (Acts 18:4).    A cosmopolitan city, Corinth was intellectually alert, materially prosperous, and morally corrupt.  It was possibly because of its influential position that Paul stayed there 18 months (Acts 18:11).   Paul’s letters to the Corinthians We will be studying the letter we know as 1 Corinthians But actually Paul wrote at least four letters to the Corinthians   How do we know this?   Letter 1 A problem of immorality had arisen in the church. Paul wrote to them about this. This letter is referred to in 1 Cor. 5:9..   I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people   Letter 2 (1 Corinthians)   Letter 3   2 Corinthians 7:8-9 8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it--I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while-- 9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance.   Compare 2 Corinthians 2:2-4   Letter 4 (2 Corinthians)   When was 1 Corinthians written?   Acts 18 records Paul’s appearance before Gallio who was proconsul in charge of Achaea probably from the summer of AD 51. (The dates of Gallio’s proconsulship are given by an inscription found at Delphi). Paul, therefore, probably reached Corinth in about March AD 50 and stayed there until about September AD 51.  From this, following the chronology of Acts, Barrett concludes that the most probable date for the letter is early 54 or late 53.  Fee comes to a similar conclusion, dating Paul’s departure from Corinth some time in AD 51-52 and the writing of the letter some three years later (i.e. 54-55AD).   How the Corinthian Church started   This is recorded in Acts 18:1-20   Paul is on his second missionary journey. He has had much to encourage him:           the conversion of Lydia           of the fortune-teller           of the Philippian jailor   but he’s had his discouragements too:           disagreement with Barnabas (15:37-40)           beating and imprisonment (16:22-24)           Jewish opposition at Thessalonica and Berea (17:5-13)           apparent lack of success at Athens (17:32-34).   By the time he reached Corinth he was in weakness and in fear and in much trembling (1 Corinthians 2:3).   v2      There he met a Jew named Aquila .... Priscilla   Aquila and Priscilla were Jews who had been living in Rome.  They had moved to Corinth because Claudius Caesar had expelled all Jews from the city (18:2).  Paul stayed with them when he arrived at Corinth because they were fellow-Jews and also tent-makers.  We do not know if they were already Christians.   v3      and worked   Note Paul’s willingness to work with his hands, although an apostle – cf. 1 Corinthians 9:1-14.   v4      he reasoned   Although Paul placed great emphasis on the power of the Spirit in the proclamation of the gospel (cf. 1 Corinthians 2:1-4 - see also Romans 15:19-20) he also sought to persuade his hearers by reasoning with them from the Scriptures.   v5      Silas and Timothy   When Paul had left Thessalonica it looked as though his attempts to plant a church there had failed (17:5-10).  Now Silas and Timothy arrive with news that the church is going on (cf. 1 Thessalonians 1:1ff).  So Paul is encouraged by this and renews his efforts to win the Jews for Christ.   v6      I will go to the Gentiles   Rejected by the Jews, Paul washes his hands of them and turns to the Gentiles.   v7      went next door   Paul leaves the synagogue and moves next door!  He starts a meeting in the house of Justus.   v8      Crispus, the synagogue ruler   Paul’s move next door seems to have made an issue of things.  Crispus is confronted with the all-important question, and decides for Christ.  Many then follow his example.   v9      a vision   The Lord assures Paul that he has many people in this city.  He knew that there would be many who would receive the Gospel if Paul would stay and preach it to them.    (Note that this was a specific statement to a specific person about a particular city at a particular time.  Christians should beware of generalising such specific statements).   v11    So Paul stayed there   After all the opposition he had faced it might have been easy for Paul to have given up in despair.  But God has encouraged him.  By divine revelation he was to stay in Corinth for a year and a half.  He has reasoned (v4) and testified (v5), but people must be taught the word.   Eventually Paul left Corinth and came to Ephesus with Aquila and Priscilla (vv18-19), where he left them while he journeyed to Jerusalem (v21).    While they were there Apollos arrived in Ephesus (v24).  Recognising the divine potential in him, Aquila and Priscilla explained to him the way of God more adequately (v26).    Consequently, when he moved on to Corinth (cf. 18:27 and 19:1) he was greatly used in building up the young converts (v 27) and in winning many Jews to Christ (v28).  In this connection he was possibly even more successful than Paul.

We all have questions about the Bible. Is it reliable? Where did it come from? Can I trust it? Maybe you don't have questions, but your friends, co-workers, neighbors and even family have questions about what you believe and why you believe it. More and more people don’t read it, don’t now how to read it, don’t even like it, and frankly, take issue with it. So why do we follow the Bible? Because we follow Jesus. On its pages we discover the map to the life that Jesus has to offer! Join us as we answer some of these questions about the Bible in our new series, It Is Written.

We all have questions about the Bible. Is it reliable? Where did it come from? Can I trust it? Maybe you don't have questions, but your friends, co-workers, neighbors and even family have questions about what you believe and why you believe it. More and more people don’t read it, don’t now how to read it, don’t even like it, and frankly, take issue with it. So why do we follow the Bible? Because we follow Jesus. On its pages we discover the map to the life that Jesus has to offer! Join us as we answer some of these questions about the Bible in our new series, It Is Written.

We all have questions about the Bible. Is it reliable? Where did it come from? Can I trust it? Maybe you don't have questions, but your friends, co-workers, neighbors and even family have questions about what you believe and why you believe it. More and more people don’t read it, don’t now how to read it, don’t even like it, and frankly, take issue with it. So why do we follow the Bible? Because we follow Jesus. On its pages we discover the map to the life that Jesus has to offer! Join us as we answer some of these questions about the Bible in our new series, It Is Written.

We all have questions about the Bible. Is it reliable? Where did it come from? Can I trust it? Maybe you don't have questions, but your friends, co-workers, neighbors and even family have questions about what you believe and why you believe it. More and more people don’t read it, don’t now how to read it, don’t even like it, and frankly, take issue with it. So why do we follow the Bible? Because we follow Jesus. On its pages we discover the map to the life that Jesus has to offer! Join us as we answer some of these questions about the Bible in our new series, It Is Written.

This sermon was rated PG-13 due to the graphic and explicit details depicted in these two chapters. The question is why are such things revealed in Scripture like this? Why the pornographic, explicit, adulterous sin? Why in the Bible? Because we tend to minimize sin. We often "sugar-coat" it to make it palatable. Yet, the severity of sin is such that we need to be awakened to what it does and how it is viewed by God. God, gracious, merciful, and loving, tells us this so that we might awaken, repent, and be redeemed. That's the hope of the gospel.

Intermediate French Podcast with Transcript. Learn French in Context with these Fascinating Topics. Ce podcast s’adresse aux personnes qui apprennent le français et qui veulent améliorer leur compréhension de la langue. Je suis sûr que vous connaissez le Petit Prince d’Antoine de Saint Exupéry. C’est le 2ème livre le plus traduit dans le monde après la Bible ! À cause de son style et de ses illustrations, on croit souvent que c’est une histoire pour les enfants. Mais en réalité, il s’agit plutôt d’un conte philosophique qui s’adresse aux adultes. C’est ce qui rend le Petit Prince tellement intéressant ; on peut le lire à différents âges et découvrir à chaque fois de nouvelles choses. Dans cet épisode, je vous propose une version résumée de cette célèbre histoire pour vous aider à apprendre le français ! Vous pouvez trouver la transcription ici. The Little Prince You probably already know The Little Prince, a novella written by Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Did you know that it’s the 2nd most translated book in the world (after the Bible)? Because of its style and illustrations, we often believe that it’s a story for children. But it’s actually a philosophical tale written for adults. It’s what makes The Little Prince so interesting: you can read it at different ages and discover new things every time. In this episode, I present you a shorter version of this famous story to help you learn French! You can find the transcript here

Speaker: Jeff Jarvis The Bible creates a lot of problems! In fact, as a teaching pastor, one of the most challenging tasks I have in communicating on Sundays is dealing with people's increasing skepticism toward the Bible. Whether it's certain inconsistencies that surface, or misogynistic undertones, or the way that verses have/are being used to judge and condemn others. It's content, if really read carefully, can create a lot of problems. It can make you wonder what role a God, who is supposed to be so big and smart, could possibly have played in writing it? As the first part of our series on the book of Romans, this is where I want to focus this weekend: Who did write the Bible? Because once you wrestle with that question, it's surprising how much can change in your relationship with it. Simply speaking for myself, this collection of stories, and wisdom literature, poetry, and history has gone from being a book that, at one point, I almost despised, to one of the most personally influential books I own. If you've struggled with the bible you might want to get to the gym this Sunday. I covered a few big topics that may require further thinking and study for some. After you listen to this message, take the time to look at these amazing resources. A great book for reading the bible in the way that I spoke about. https://www.amazon.ca/Reading-Bible-Again-First-Time/dp/B00GGVWWEY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1463411471&sr=8-3&keywords=reading+the+bible+again+for+the+first+time A podcast on the church's response to LGBTQ community. http://www.theliturgists.com/podcast/2015/5/18/episode-20-lgbtq

From the series It Is Written as part of the Year Of Biblical Literacy.  We have a problem with the Bible. More and more followers of Jesus in the west don’t read it, don’t now how to read it, don’t even like it, and frankly, take issue with it. So why do we follow the Bible? Because we follow Jesus. He is our authority, but he has mediated his authority through the Bible. And on its pages we discover the map to the life that Jesus has on offer.

We have a problem with the Bible. More and more followers of Jesus in the west don’t read it, don’t now how to read it, don’t even like it, and frankly, take issue with it. So why do we follow the Bible? Because we follow Jesus. He is our authority, but he has mediated his authority through the Bible. And on its pages we discover the map to the life that Jesus has on offer.