Orangeburg (SC) Church of Christ Audio

God is love, and he has shown his love in Christ.  His love is perfected in us when we love God and love our neighbor.  Perfect love casts out fear.  We love because God first loved us.  I love because God first loved me. Speaker: Justin P. Sivley

We are blessed to have the Holy Spirit inspired Scriptures by which we can learn and understand God’s will, and especially understand His plan for redeeming man.  But it is also important that we understand, that God does not save anyone without an individual making the choice to follow Jesus. Teacher: Matt Burleson

This week we continue to consider the topic of how the Bible was recorded and  transmitted, spending a good bit of our time talking about materials that would have been used in the writing.  We also start to get into the next lesson dealing with New Testament Text and Manuscripts, but that material will be … Continue reading How the Bible Was Recorded and Transmitted – Part 2 (2/22/23 Bible Class)

Prayer was important to Jesus, as Luke records extensively in his gospel account. But it is John who gives us the lengthiest example of a prayer that was spoken by our Savior, mere hours before he went to the cross. Speaker: Justin P. Sivley

God’s people are not to be people of fear.  We especially must not be people who fear the judgement day.  We can have confidence of that day by abiding in God’s perfect love, which casts out fear. Speaker: Justin P. Sivley

During last week’s class, in our discussion on the Holy Spirit’s role in conversion, we spoke a fair bit about the doctrine commonly known as “Total Depravity.” This week, in Matt’s absence, we are going to dive a little deeper into that discussion, and considering what the Bible does (and does not say) about the … Continue reading Examining Total Depravity (2/19/23 Bible Class)

Teacher: Justin P. Sivley

John wrote so that those who heard/read what he had written might believe that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God.  Here we examine the signs that John shared in his gospel so that our faith in the Savior might be strenghtened. Speaker: Justin P. Sivley

Perfect love casts out fear according to 1 John 4. But what does he mean by perfect love? How is God’s love, which comes from a perfect God who is love, perfected in us? Speaker: Justin P. Sivley

Teacher: Matt Burleson