Isaiah 6:8 . And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” The usage of “us” has two possible meanings. For Isaiah and his audience, it was God using the “royal we”. He was speaking as kings did when addressing their subjects.…

The passage for this session is Malachi 3:6-15. Let’s review the three Worlds of Context. There is the World of the Text. There is the World Behind the Text. There is the World in Front of the Text. What is the first context we deal with? The first context we deal with is the World of the Text. Read…

Who wants to experience the presence of Yahweh? We all do. We sing songs about it. Song lyrics like, “This is the air I breathe—your holy presence living in me.” How do you see Yahweh? Isaiah 6:1 . 1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train…

The passage for this session is Malachi 2:17-3:5 . Let’s review the three Worlds of Context. There is the World of the Text. There is the World Behind the Text. There is the World in Front of the Text. The first context we deal with is the World of the Text. Read Malachi 2:17-3:5 and make observations…

Salvation is by grace through faith alone, Ephesians 2:8-9 . How does Scripture speak of baptism? We will begin with the word “baptism.” “The basic verb is GK. báptō, meaning “dip in or under,” also “dye.” In the NT, this word occurs only rarely and always with its literal sense, as in Lk. 16:24 . It…

The passage for this session is Malachi 2:10-16 . Last session, we learned about the three Worlds of Context. Let’s review the three worlds of context. There is the World of the Text. There is the World Behind the Text. There is the World in Front of the Text. The first context we deal with is the World…

As this is the third weekend of the month, I will preach a sermon from the question box. Thank you for submitting your questions. The question asked is: What is the biblical principle for voting on membership in a church? Why do we do it? These are good, practical questions that we, as a church, should…

The passage for this session is Malachi 1:6-2:9 . Last secession we learned about the three Worlds of context. Does anyone remember what those are? There is the World of the Text. There is the World Behind the Text. There is the World in Front of the Text. The first context we deal with is the world…