These study guides were originally used at Calvary Baptist Church to supplement the Strange Fire conference videos. Feel free to download, print and use them as you see fit. These study guides are in no way affiliated with Grace to You, John MacArthur or The Master's Seminary. Session 1: Strange Fire John MacArthur Session 2: A Deeper Healing Joni Eareckson Tada Session 3: Undervaluing Pentecost R.C. Sproul Session 5: The African Import of … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
A Biblical View of Physical Exercise
When I turned thirty years old it passed without much acknowledgement. It didn't strike me as much of a milestone at all. Thirty-one? Nope. Thirty-two? Nope. Then I hit thirty-three years old. Still not much of a milestone, but something struck me. I am now the same age that Christ was when he was crucified. In an odd way this thought gave me a sense of identification with Christ. To think that I am married, have six children and, God-willing, am going to live for quite a few more years; but … [Read more...]
10 Biblical Truths to Guide our Emotions
1. I am not the most important person in my life. Philippians 2:3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 2. My Relationship with God is the Most Important Relationship I Have Matthew 22:37-38 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 3. My First Priority is to Please God Even to the Exclusion of Pleasing … [Read more...]
Intolerant Calls for Tolerance – Why the World Hates Christians
The priority of this world is to freely indulge in the basest of its fleshly, animalistic desires and impulses. They see God, Christ, the Bible and Christians as those who would deprive them of this right and so respond with absolute rejection. They understand God as a moral law giver, but they will not be governed by any moral code outside of that which they devise themselves. They rage against the concept of God’s authority because, to them, there is no authority outside of their own … [Read more...]
Membership Matters – Giving, Part 2
In our previous study we began to consider some Biblical principles which ought to guide our attitude and approach toward giving. We have considered the principle of God’s sovereignty; the principle of stewardship; and the principle of sowing. We take a principled approach to giving and avoid a legalistic or rule-based approach because we believe that is what the New Testament teaches. We will continue looking at Biblical principles in this study. Namely, will look at the principle of supply; … [Read more...]
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