Most of us find it extremely annoying when someone brags of their accomplishments. We see it constantly happening all around us. We'll learn today that boasting has no place in the Christian life, unless we are boasting in our weaknesses or about our good and gracious Lord. The apostle Paul was the poster image for Christian humility.

Satan uses the back door quite often in his attempt to deceive people. His three-pronged attack is aimed at confusing us about Christ, the Gospel, and the Spirit of God. And he uses some crafty techniques to get us off track. One of his favorite targets is church leaders. Pastor Lloyd Pulley will show us how to avoid satan's snares today on Bridging the Gap.

If you want to be a pro athlete, there are countless hours of practice and strength training. If you want to be a policeman, the training and preparations are long and arduous. What about being in ministry? Oh, there's a cost involved there as well, as pastor Lloyd will share today.

Today, we'll continue our series though Second Corinthians with an important message about false teachers. Now, every message based on the words of the bible is important, but in the day and age we live in, warnings about false teaching are especially important. False teachers are everywhere today, and the deceptions are sometimes very subtle. But they are also very dangerous.

The word of God is being watered down and outright misinterpreted these days, and there results can be devastating. Our series in Second Corinthians continues today as pastor Lloyd takes is to chapter ten, beginning in verse twelve.

As believers in Christ, it would be foolish to try to fight our daily battles without the spiritual weaponry that God has provided. Today on Bridging the Gap, pastor Lloyd Pulley shows us how to use our spiritual weapons in this spiritual war we find ourselves in. It's part of our study in Second Corinthians.

Spiritual battles are a part of the life of the Christian. Much depends on what we do before the wars begin. We'll give you some tips from scripture on how best to prepare today on Bridging the Gap, as part of our study of Second Corinthians.

Today on Bridging the Gap we're going to talk about the great privilege we have to give back to Him. Pastor Lloyd Pulley is going to draw out a few valuable principles for giving from Second Corinthians nine. Among the things we'll discuss is how much should we give, and what our attitude should be when we drop a check in the collection box. As Lloyd has mentioned, God is much more interested in the attitude, not the amount.

Today on Bridging the Gap, we're certainly not going to shy away from the topic of giving as we go verse by verse through Second Corinthians. Chapter nine offers great principles for giving. Let's join pastor Lloyd Pulley and see what they are.

This is Bridging the Gap and we're about to resume our series in Second Corinthians. We left off in chapter eight, verse thirteen. In this part of Paul's letter, he is discussing giving. When it comes to giving, God is more concerned with our heart than the amount. Remember the poor widow who gave two mites? Though that gift may not have caught the attention of people, it sure caught the Lord's attention in a good way!