This is an audio recording of a house church message. Unedited notes used as a guideline for the message follow the audio player below. By God’s reckoning, Christians are privileged greatly in this “better covenant with better promises” (Heb. 8:6) to be priests dedicated to God’s service. This is not speaking of “priests” as the Roman Catholic or any other orthodox system means it, but as the Bible speaks of the priesthood of all believers. The term for being given to God’s service is “consecration.” This is a one-time dedication to God first typified in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament all Christians are called to be “kings…

Here is a recording on renewing the mind from a house church meeting April 23, 2017. It talks about renewing the mind. The notes worked from during the message are dropped in below. Also below that is an image of Rom 7 and 8 with text colored to call out key words. Explanation of this from Rom 7,8 is in the second half of the lesson. It was handed out to the people (maybe 12-16 people there, estimated, but did not count). Message Outline Renew the Mind – 4/23/17 Know who you are in Christ – carnal mind / spiritual mind Desire God in relationship – not a new To-Do…

This started as a Bible study on Colossians but with the reading of the opening of that letter, it went on a tangent about the authority of Paul. Some people have asked why Christians may emphasize teachings from Paul the Apostle almost more, it seems to them, than the Lord Jesus Christ. After all, goes the reasoning, was not Jesus the Master, and Paul only His servant? Is it backwards, they wonder, to seemingly elevate Paul above Jesus? Sounds reasonable of the face of it – if one does not know very much about what the Bible says on this topic. In fact, Paul was a duly appointed servant of…

Here’s a line-by line discussion of the Epistle to the Philippians starting at verse 1 and going part way into the fourth chapter. Commentary and testimonials fill the space. To listen, click the > to play.