Preached Sunday, July 19, 2020Scripture: Job Chapters 8Sermon Series: The Book of Job: Relating to God While Suffering in LifeSeries Launch Date: 06/14/20 Job’s friend Bildad was an emotional person, and he called Job a windbag. Bildad used simplistic reasoning in his conversation with Job, trying to persuade Job to repent so that he might be restored to his former glory.Please join us in person for worship, fellowship, and study at Abilene Bible Church.Pastor Daiqing Yuan, Ph.D

Preached Sunday, July 12, 2020Scripture: Job Chapters 6 & 7Sermon Series: The Book of Job: Relating to God While Suffering in LifeSeries Launch Date: 06/14/20In Chap 6, Job defended his speech in Chap 3, saying that God was hurting him, and that he wished that God would rather kill him. He wished his friends were reliable and that they would truthfully tell him where he did wrong. Job’s friends, nevertheless, indicated that they were terrified by his lot, and we see that they, themselves,...

Preached Sunday, July 5, 2020Scripture: Job Chapers 4 & 5Sermon Series: The Book of Job - Launched 06/14/2020Job’s friend, Eliphaz, represents reason, and he provides comfort to the suffering Job while also questioning the latter’s fear of God and overall integrity. He asked Job to be patient, consistent, realistic, and submissive to God. While his words are 90% true, and sometimes quoted by NT apostles, the 10% that are wrong make his whole approach unfit and injurious. Much of Eliphaz’s...

Preached Sunday, June 28, 2020Scripture: Job 3:1-27Sermon Series: The Book of Job - Relating to God While SufferingJob gave the opening speech of his dialogue with his friends by cursing the day of his birth and the night of his conception, then lamenting of his misfortune, which literally came “out of the blue.” Basically, he was asking these questions: “Why Should I Live?” “Who Should I Blame?” “What Can I Do?” Those are the typical questions we would ask when facing adversities.Please join...

Preached Sunday, June 21, 2020Scripture: Job 1:1-2:10Sermon Series - The Book of Job: Relating to God While Suffering in LifeThe author of Job, apparently by divine inspiration, gave us a big picture of cosmic proportion. God was making a point to Satan, and Job was a pawn on the board. God says that true believers believe because of what God is and not because of what He does for them. Satan believes otherwise, for the concepts of love, trust, and noble intentions are beyond him. Thus, the s...

Preached Sunday, June 14, 2020Scripture: Introductory Material – See Sermon HandoutsSermon Series - The Book of Job: Relating to God While Suffering in LifeIs Job an historical person? If he is, when did he live? Why did tradition attribute the book to Moses? Is there an overlap between the lifetime of Job and Moses? Did they face the similar issue (the suffering of the righteous without apparent reason)? This introduction uses diverse resources, not only from the Bible, but also Egyptology a...

Preached Sunday, June 7, 2020 Scripture: II Corinthians 12:14-13:14 Series over Sanctification through the Study of I & II CorinthiansPaul and his team never served for money (12:14-18). He hoped that the Corinthians would repent from rebellion (12:19-21). He was ready to demonstrate the power of God in him (13:1-4); but he wished that he did not have to use his “nuclear option” (13:5-10). The book ends with one of the greatest of benedictions in the New Testament (13:11-14).Please join u...

Preached Sunday, May 31, 2020Scripture: II Corinthians 11:16-12:13Series over Sanctification through the Study of I & II CorinthiansPaul boasted only because the false apostles did (11:16-20). He claimed to be no less Israelite than the “super apostles” (11:21-22), he suffered a lot more as a Servant of Christ (11:23-33), and he received deeper spiritual revelations (12:1-10). He never took monetary advantages (12:11-13). Please join us in person for worship, fellowship, and study at...

Preached Sunday, May 24, 2020 Scripture: II Corinthians10:15-11:15 Series over Sanctification through the Study of I & II CorinthiansFalse apostles rob the fruits of other people’s work (10:15 –11:1); they rob the purity of new believers (11:2-6); and they rob the funds from the churches (11:7-12). They are actually undercover agents of Satan (11-13-15).Please join us in person for worship, fellowship, and study at Abilene Bible Church.Pastor Daiqing Yuan, Ph.D.

Preached Sunday, May 17, 2020 Scripture: II Corinthians10:1-11 Series over Sanctification through the Study of I & II CorinthiansPaul declared that he would not exclude his “nuclear option” in the spiritual warfare against the false apostles. He is gentle to believers but bold to enemies (10:1-2). He fights the spiritual warfare with spiritual weapons (10:3-5), and allowed people to chose which side of him to face (10:6-11). Please join us in person for worship, fellowship, and study...