1. Faithfully Preaching and Teaching the Full Counsel of God’s Word

2. Developing and Maintaining Authentic Relationships

- In the Church

- In the Community

- Around the World

1. God’s Word Must Remain the Guiding Priority in All Things


2. People left to Themselves Will Always Experience Chaos


3. God Blesses those who Keep His Word

Guest Speaker: Dr. Dave Deets from the Institute of Biblical Leadership

1. Presence (vs. 9b)

2. Purpose (vs. 9c)

3. Persistence (vs. 10b)

4. Propitiation (vs. 10c)

Introduction: There’s a clever young guy named Somebody Else. There’s nothing this guy can’t do. He’s busy from morning to way late at night just substituting for you. You’re asked to do this or you’re asked to do that and what is your ready reply? Get Somebody Else to do that job; he’ll do it much better…

If you don’t know God’s Word you will come to wrong interpretations

If you don’t know God’s Word you will be overcome with temptation

If you don’t know God’s Word you won’t know Jesus