Emphasis is placed on what the mode of baptism was during the first century. And consideration is given to how today's church should still be built upon the apostles and prophets with Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone.

Though Lazarus has no recorded spoken word in scripture, his life's witness helps draw a crowd at the house in Bethany. Plainly the people did not come for Jesus' sake only but also to see Lazarus. Our lives may be a drawing card to an outsider. We better not undervalue our contribution to the church because the multitudes are looking for Jesus and a witness.

An oddity appears in the story of the demoniac of Gadara. The people of that area wants Jesus to depart after they learned about the radical change in the demoniac. They were content with their mode of life. The hardest things for us to leave or depart from are the things we grow content with without God. But there is no gain in contentment if God isn't involved.

If scripture ever describes God to us as remembering, it isn't because he has forgotten. He plainly told us in Isaiah that he would not forget. If God remembers, it is in the sense that is going to take action on His promises. Zechariah's ancestry described in the first verse of the first chapter voiced that... whom the Lord remembers, the Lord blesses, in His appointed time.

Going to church isn't just summed up in entering and leaving but what we do in between. We enter to worship and that changes us insomuch that we can't return and go forth the same way we came.

Jesus made a call to Lazarus, the dead. However, there had to be a response. There still needs to be a response when God calls to the deteriorated and dead things in our lives.

Ladies' Meeting - They say that shoes can make or break an outfit. Likewise, our attitudes can define how the world sees us. What can shoes teach us about attitudes? A LOT!! What kind of shoes describe you - flats, sneakers, crocs, flip-flops, mules, pumps, wedges, loafers, etc?? Find out in "Even if the Shoe Fits..."

We are accountable to the next generation for sharing with them those items we have been given. We cannot live for the moment because there will always be another generation.

The perspective of God upon the mount in Exodus differed according to each groups placement in their distance of worship to him. Those on the outskirts saw him as a devouring fire. Those at the intermediate stage saw him as heavenly and was in fellowship with him. However, Moses, who was the closest, was granted revelation. He had things shared with him no other group had.

There was basically two prayer requests of hell in the story of the rich man and Lazarus. First, there was the request for mercy. Second, there was the request for a man to be sent with a testimony or a Word from God. Regardless, in both cases, these request were readily available while both the rich man and Lazarus existed on the earth. Benefit from what is available now so you will not be requesting those things later.