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Please forgive this rough draft format, as these are my raw study notes on the Gospel of John, although they are a bit better formatted than former efforts. I felt a great sense of urgency to publish them rather than waiting until I had the time to pretty them up. Thank you and I pray that God blesses and encourages you through this material. I’m not sure of the condition of the world at the time of this publication. But at the time of its writing, fall 2009 through late spring 2010, things are looking increasingly bleak with the economy, health care and unemployment, there is a renewal and increase of racism, and godly principles of living being disregarded, there are floods in India, earthquake and tsunami in Samoa. Are these the first stages of birth pains? The last? God only knows. And He is very busy these days. Seek His wisdom. Encourage each other. Pray. Jesus is coming to deliver His people and judge the wicked… Stacey Take a few minutes to pray and savor chapter 5 of the boo...

This lesson’s focus was about the origins of the New Testament.   In essence, how the New Testament Scriptures came to be.   An examination of what is contained in Scripture as well as what is omitted provides valuable clues regarding the dating of certain books. The video teaching spent a great deal of time on the problems with and corruption of the Scriptures.   I sat through much of the video time asking myself if I was using the right translation of the Bible because I know a few people who are King James Version purists.   But what I came away with was a glorious view of the Lord Who takes my breath away with His Word – even if I can’t read it in the original Greek and Hebrew to see all of the miraculous codes that authenticate it. One of these days, I may have to check out a course in Biblical Greek and see how that goes.   In the meantime, I know that He will speak volumes through the versions I read and study. Dr. Missler ended our study tim...

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When a Secret Kills Lynette Eason   In the spine-tingling conclusion to her explosive Deadly Reunion series, Lynette Eason once again treats readers to a tale of secrets that need to be told and dangers that need to be faced.     Investigative reporter Jillian Carter knows it’s time to put the past to rest. She’s tired of looking over her shoulder, letting a killer go free. She’s no longer the scared kid who changed her name and disappeared. Now, no matter what the cost, Jillian must do what she is trained to do—ferret out the truth and expose it. Senator Frank Hoffman committed murder ten years ago—and Jillian watched it happen.   Didn’t she?   Not even the enigmatic and attractive Colton Brady, her ex-boyfriend and nephew of the killer, will be able to make her leave this alone. Get ready for a ride that will make you afraid to be home alone.   Lynette Eason is the bestselling author of several romantic suspense novels, ...

Please forgive this rough draft format, as these are my raw study notes on the Gospel of John, although they are a bit better formatted than former efforts. I felt a great sense of urgency to publish them rather than waiting until I had the time to pretty them up. Thank you and I pray that God blesses and encourages you through this material. I’m not sure of the condition of the world at the time of this publication. But at the time of its writing, fall 2009 through late spring 2010, things are looking increasingly bleak with the economy, health care and unemployment, there is a renewal and increase of racism, and godly principles of living being disregarded, there are floods in India, earthquake and tsunami in Samoa. Are these the first stages of birth pains? The last? God only knows. And He is very busy these days. Seek His wisdom. Encourage each other. Pray. Jesus is coming to deliver His people and judge the wicked… Stacey Take a few minutes to pray and savor chapter 4 of the boo...

First of all, I would like to extend a heartfelt “Thank you” to Sue Edwards and her publisher for sending me a copy of "Ephesians:  Discovering Your Identity and Purpose in Christ" to review for them. I am truly grateful for this generosity. I really appreciate the time, effort and expense it takes to make a reviewer copy available to me.   “Ephesians: Discovering Your Identity and Purpose in Christ” is a Discover Together Bible Study by Sue Edwards.   The nine lessons cover the entire text of the book of Ephesians.   Each lesson contains a QR Code that, when you scan it with your smart phone, will lead you to a video teaching segment with Sue Edwards.   You can also view these videos online.   The website also contains leader guides for the Bible studies that are valuable assets if you are leading a small group study of the material. The format of the study is extremely flexible.   You can simply answer the general study questions to complete t...

How Sure Can We Be?   There are more than 1800 prophecies in Scripture.   The Hebrew Scriptures were translated into Greek 270 years before Christ.   Those Scriptures contain over 300 prophecies regarding the coming Messiah. In this week’s video teaching, Dr. Missler examines eight of those prophecies and estimates the probability of any random person fulfilling that prophecy.   After looking at the prophecies individually, the probability of one random individual fulfilling all of them is unfathomable.   I am more certain that Jesus is the Christ than I ever was before! Now what am I going to do with that certainty?   What are you doing with your certainty?   We need to be sharing Christ with others in word and deed.   Pray for the opportunity. There is no homework for next time.   But maybe we should come up with a plan for sharing our certainty in Christ.   Next week, we’ll take an overview of the New Testament prior to b...