Back to School, Back to the Book: Learning and Instruction for Life and Godliness August has a rhythm to it. Backpacks are dusted off, school supply lists get pulled from the fridge, and classrooms across the country fill again with students ready — or not so ready — to learn. It's a season that turns our minds naturally toward education, instruction, and the shaping of young minds. But long before the first school bell of the year rings, the wisest man who ever lived was already wrestling with the pursuit of knowledge. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon reflects that "of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh" (Ecclesiastes 12:12). Solomon had access to the finest wisdom, wealth, and learning of his day — and still found that human knowledge alone, apart from God, leaves the soul unsatisfied. There is one education, however, that never wearies the soul because it leads to life. Paul charges young Timothy: "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). This is the curriculum that matters most — not merely gathering information, but rightly handling God's Word so that our lives are shaped by it. This kind of learning doesn't begin in a classroom; it begins in the home. Proverbs 22:6 reminds us, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Parents are a child's first teachers — the first voice shaping what is right and wrong, true and false. We see this modeled perfectly in the life of Christ Himself, who "increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man" (Luke 2:52) — growing under instruction,

Here are some of the news stories mentioned during this News Roundup: Audio clips from the Fauci Senate hearing Senator Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic diary 112 times Fauci invoked the 5th Amendment during the hearing Hamas says it has agreed to disarm after Trump announces Board of Peace plan Netanyahu calls talks with Trump one of their best conversations Security Council Authorizes International Stabilization Force in Gaza Treasury Cracks Down on Global Networks Enabling Iran's Mahan Air and IRGC Egypt hit with drone strikes as Iran war appears to widen North Korea sending 30,000 troops to Russia is a 'win-win' Senate takes first steps on Russian sanctions as Zelenskyy watches Invaded: 60,000 Migrants Breach Spanish Border Territory of Ceuta State Department Launches Campaign to Dismantle International Criminal Court's Threat to American Sovereignty 'True American original.' Trump, DC pay tribute to Lindsey Graham Schools in FL, GA and CO are testing pepper-spraying, strobe-flashing drones to stop shooters U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand' FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign-Produced Advanced Robotic Devices and Power Inverters McConnell out of hospital but not yet cleared to return to work Trump endorses Mike Lindell for Minnesota Governor

David Lloyd is the father of Davy Lloyd. He's a graduate of Ozark Bible Institute and College. After marriage to his wife Alicia, they moved to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in order to pursue their missionary calling: a children's home under the name Missions in Haiti. They raised more than 100 children to adulthood, where hundreds of children are educated annually. As we read through the Scriptures, we see many occasions in which God miraculously delivered individuals from harm. We read of Daniel whom God sent an angel to shut the mouths of the lions. There was Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego delivered from the fiery furnace. Queen Esther and her people were protected when it seemed they would be wiped out by those who hated the Jews. We think of Peter whom God sent an angel to open prison doors and Elijah who was protected by perhaps the most wicked king and queen of Israel. While some were delivered from death, others were delivered by death. Hebrews 11 writes of those who were stoned, sawn asunder, killed by the sword, or suffered in other situations. Why does God deliver some and not others? Job writes as recorded in Job 23:14, "For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him." We don't know the mind of God, but we do know God can be trusted and glorified in life or in death. Today's program is a true account of what happened just two years ago, as we learn about the simple service and the sudden sacrifice of martyrs in Haiti, and a family who had devoted themselves to serving the Lord at a Haitian children's home until their lives and that of a Christian co-worker were taken.

Notes & Slides : https://slbc.org/sermon/iran-in-bible-prophecy-lessons-for-america-the-church/

We were privileged to have Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries with us, presenting on the language barrier that exists between Christians and the LDS. James White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries. He is Professor of Church History and Apologetics at Grace Bible Theological Seminary, and has taught Greek, Hebrew, Systematic Theology, Textual Criticism, Church History and various topics in the field of apologetics for numerous other schools. He has authored or contributed to more than twenty four books, including The King James Only Controversy, The Forgotten Trinity, The Potter's Freedom, The God Who Justifiesand What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an. He is an accomplished debater, having engaged in more than two hundred moderated, public debates with leading proponents of Roman Catholicism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Mormonism, as well as critics such as Bart Ehrman, John Dominic Crossan, Marcus Borg, and John Shelby Spong. Before travel restrictions James debated in such locations as London and Sydney, as well as in mosques in Toronto and South Africa. He is a Pastor/Elder of Apologia Church in Arizona. He has been married to Kelli for forty four years, and has two children, and six living grandchildren.

For the first time, Brazilian parents are getting prison time for homeschooling…families in the Netherlands are receiving "return to school" orders…and homeschool freedoms are unraveling in CT and NE with new restrictions being rolled out. Kevin speaks with Kevin Boden, attorney for the Home School Legal Defense Association, about the national and international situation, what it means, and what homeschoolers must do to keep the freedom to teach their kids.

Notes & Slides : https://slbc.org/sermon/the-rapture-hope-hype-or-blessed-hope/