In Session 1 of the Encouragement for Parents in a Discouraging World, Pastor Don Green opens with a message on the basis for biblical parenting-- The eternal love of God.

This lesson focuses on three common interpretive errors- Redefining, Anglicizing, and Mysticizing, and the principles of hermeneutics that can help us avoid these errors.

This message is a quick chronological run through several key moments in Christ's life, focusing on his early years and public ministry.

Chapter five of First John brings together an unbreakable triad of characteristics that can be found in every believer.- In this message, we examine why faith, love, and obedience are all vital results of the new birth that takes place with salvation.

In this lesson, we examine four erroneous approaches to Bible interpretation-- Embellishing, methodologizing, accommodation, and culturalization.

In I John 4-19-5-3, John provides us a test which we can use to identify counterfeit love for God.- In this message, we look at the basis, the explanation, and the justification for this test of counterfeit love.

In this lesson, we look at some of the common errors in studying the Bible- Prooftexting, isolationism, spiritualizing, and nationalizing. We discuss how to identify when you are falling into one of these traps, and how to avoid it.

In this message from I John 4-13-18, we examine two soul-comforting benefits that we receive when God's love is perfected in our lives.

In Part 2 of Cutting it Straight for Yourself, we look at steps 4 through 9 for studying scripture-- Investigation, Interpretation, Correlation, Personalization, Appropriation, and Proclamation.- Please note that Part 1 was not recorded, but there is a brief recap of steps 1 through 3 -Affirmation, Preparation, and Observation- at the beginning of this lesson.

In Part 2 of this series, we examine the final four of six truths about the source of love to determine why the love of the brethren is a genuine test of salvation.