by OakAdmin | Jun 9, 2023 | Counseling, Discipline, Famous Writers, Integrity, Justice, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth
A sketch based on Roy Hession’s The Calvary Road “O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways…...
by OakAdmin | May 11, 2023 | Community Life, Disciplemaking, Famous Writers, Identity, Spiritual Gifts, Work, Worldview
Since work tends to be difficult, and is often frustrating, we can wrongly conclude that work itself is more of a curse than a blessing. “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of...
by OakAdmin | Apr 28, 2023 | Counseling, Discipline, Identity, Integrity, Justice, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, Theology
“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you...
by OakAdmin | Apr 14, 2023 | Comfort and Grief, Discipline, End Times, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth
Bible Project – Isaiah 1-39 Isaiah is one of the most important Old Testament prophets. How do we know this? John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness in fulfillment of Isaiah 40:3-5 (Matt. 3:4-6). Jesus defined the purpose of his ministry by quoting...
by OakAdmin | Apr 7, 2023 | Discipline, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
Photographer credit “And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, ‘So, could you not watch with me one hour?'” Matthew 26:40 What is prayer? Prayer is described in many ways in Scripture. It is a mystery on the one hand...
by OakAdmin | Mar 31, 2023 | Assurance of Salvation, Comfort and Grief, Discipline, Integrity, Justice, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
Matthew’s gospel ends with a detailed presentation of the arrest, trial, beating, mockery, crucifixion and death of the Lord Jesus. The Biblical writers are always careful with how much information they include. The pace of a narrative is determined by how many...
