This week we continue our study out of Revelation that focuses on spiritual warfare. Read Revelation 13:11-14:5. What do these texts warn us about false religions and false teachers who claim to be Christ followers? Consider how the devil uses these things to draw people, even Christians away from Christ.

This week we look at Revelation 13:1-10 and the first beast which represents the anti-christian kingdoms and "powers that be" that rise and fall. Read the text and consider what it teaches us about our relationship with government. Look at Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2. Consider the questions, "When is it ok to disobey the government?"

This week we start another series in Revelation that focuses on spiritual warfare and the battle the devil wages against Christ and against us. We are excited to have Dr. Shane Wood from Ozark Bible College here to kick this series off. Dr. Wood is well known for his biblical teaching on Revelation. He has written several books, most recently "Thinning the Veil: Encountering Jesus Christ in the book of Revelation". Read Revelation 12 and consider the names given to the devil, the price he pays for losing the battle, and what he is going to spend the short time he has left doing. 

This week we have a wonderful opportunity to spend some time with Tom and Suja Brane of Impact Africa. We've been supporting their work for the Lord in West Africa for many years. This Sunday we're going to hear how the Lord is working there as well as from some of our members who've recently spent time with them in Africa. This will be a great time to learn about their ministry and find out ways we can better support them.

This week we conclude our current study in Revelation with a look at the seven bowls of Revelation 15-16. Take some time to read the text and consider what the bowls mean. Why does the text break from the bowls in 16:5-7 and make the point that it makes? Same question for the aside in Revelation 16:15. How do the people react to the bowls over all? What warning for us to see in their reactions?

This week we are looking at Revelation 8:6-9:21 and the first 6 of the 7 trumpets. Read the text and notice the similarities between the trumpets and the plagues in Exodus. What seems to be the message of the trumpets, consider Revelation 9:20-21. What does the text teach us about suffering and evil that pervades our world today?

This week we continue our study of the 7 seals in Revelation 6-8. Take some time and read Revelation 7 and consider how it answers the final question at the end of chapter 6, "...who can stand?" How do these answers give you hope? How do they challenge you?

This week we begin a new series in Revelation that focuses on the question of evil and suffering in the world. Read Revelation 6, what do you think each seal may have represented to the original readers of this letter? What do they represent to us today? How would you answer the question at the end of v. 17?

This week we conclude our study of Jonah with a look on Jonah 4. Jonah fled God's presence, returned and embraced His presence. But in Jonah 4 we find out Jonah's reason for fleeing in the first place and find him resenting God's presence. Read the text and consider why Jonah fled in the first place, can you relate? What is God trying to say to Jonah with the plant and in verse 11? What is He trying to say to you?