revelation2-3-so January 1, 2012 Revelation 2:1-3:22 Key verse 3:8 “I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.” Happy NewRead More →
matt24a-so September 9, 2012 Matthew 24:1-51 Key Verse: 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” Many books begin, “Once upon a time,” or “In the beginning,” and they finish,Read More →
matt23-so September 2, 2012 Matthew 23:1-39 Key Verse 23:12 “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” In chapter 22, Jesus gave a serious warning to the Pharisees about not accepting God’s sovereignty over their lives and rejecting his servants and hisRead More →
matt22c-peter August 26, 2012 Matthew 22:34-46 Key Verse: 22:37 “Jesus replied, ‘”Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”’” In this passage Jesus teaches the Pharisees what God wants most from us. Simply speaking, it is to love GodRead More →
matt24bq Matthew 24:23-51 Key Verse: 24:30-31 1. Why are people vulnerable to deception in times of distress and persecution? (23-27) How can we avoid being deceived by false prophets and false messiahs? 2. In the midst of dark times what is our great hope?Read More →
matt24aq Matthew 24:1-22 Key Verse: 24:14 1. How was Jesus’ view of the temple different from that of the disciples? Why did the destruction of the temple signify the end of the age to the disciples? What did the disciples mean by “the end of the age”? Read More →
matt23q Matthew 23:1-39 Key Verse: 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.” 1. Why does Jesus tellRead More →
matt22b-david August 19, 2012 Matthew 22:23-33 / Key verse: 22:32, “‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” Last week we learned that through the parable of the wedding banquet, GodRead More →
matt22bq Matthew 22:23-33 Key Verse: 22:32 1. Who were the Sadducees? (23) What would be a person’s way of life if he/she did not believe in the resurrection? 2. What is the purpose of their hypothetical story? (24-28) What does the story reveal aboutRead More →
matt22aq Matthew 22:1-22 Key Verse: 22:1,2 1. How is the kingdom of heaven like a wedding banquet? (Revelation 19:9) 2. Why did the king repeatedly invite the guests to come? Why did the guests repeatedly refuse the invitation and even kill the king’s servants?Read More →