On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life and begins our study on Fasting. We'll see several examples of fasting in both the Old and New Testament, like: Moses, David, Elijah, Esther, Daniel, Anna, Paul, and Christ. And then we'll see more examples of great men in church history who also testify to the value of fasting.

On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life and begins our study on Fasting. We'll see several examples of fasting in both the Old and New Testament, like: Moses, David, Elijah, Esther, Daniel, Anna, Paul, and Christ. And then we'll see more examples of great men in church history who also testify to the value of fasting.

On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life and shows us that the greatest secret to the Christian Discipline of Personal Bible Study is the condition of your heart. We'll see 5 different types of hearts necessary for successful, personal, Bible study: 1-a new heart, 2-a hungry heart, 3-an obedient heart, 4-a disciplined heart, and 5-a teachable heart. Pastor also shared some of the tools to help with Bible study, such as: a Bible dictionary, concordance, word study, commentary, Lexicon, inductive Bible study, and introductory to the Old and New Testaments.

On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life and shows us that the greatest secret to the Christian Discipline of Personal Bible Study is the condition of your heart. We'll see 5 different types of hearts necessary for successful personal Bible study: 1-a new heart, 2-a hungry heart, 3-an obedient heart, 4-a disciplined heart, and 5-a teachable heart. Pastor also shared some of the tools to help with Bible study, such as: a Bible dictionary, concordance, word study, commentary, Lexicon, inductive Bible study, and introductory to the Old and New Testaments.

On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life and introduces us to the Christian Discipline of Personal Bible Study. We’ll see that the Word of God is powerful as it creates, controls, convicts, consummates (accomplishes whatever it’s meant to do), counters false motives, and changes. We’ll then see the benefits to the believer who practices personal Bible study: 1) transformed emotions to joy, 2) a help to sort thoughts and motivations, 3) a guard from sin, 4) nourishment for your spiritual growth, and 5) freedom from crippling bondage.

On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life and introduces us to the Christian Discipline of Personal Bible Study. We’ll see that the Word of God is powerful as it creates, controls, convicts, consummates (accomplishes whatever it’s meant to do), counters false motives, and changes. We’ll then see the benefits to the believer who practices personal Bible study: 1) transformed emotions to joy, 2) a help to sort thoughts and motivations, 3) a guard from sin, 4) nourishment for your spiritual growth, and 5) freedom from crippling bondage.

On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life, where we’ll see the purpose and practice of the Christian Discipline of Biblical Meditation.

Purpose: We’ll see that Biblical Meditation 1) is always about engaging the mind, 2) has nothing to do with centering or pre-exercises, 3) always has a focus on God, His Word, and the world that God made, and 4) is filling the mind with truth.

Practice: The Christian is to meditate on 1) the person of God and His attributes, 2) the works of God, 3) the Word of God, 4) the promises of God, and 5) the prophecies of God.

On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life, where we’ll see the purpose and practice of the Christian Discipline of Biblical Meditation.

Purpose: We’ll see that Biblical Meditation 1) is always about engaging the mind, 2) has nothing to do with centering or pre-exercises, 3) always has a focus on God, His Word, and the world that God made, and 4) is filling the mind with truth.

Practice: The Christian is to meditate on 1) the person of God and His attributes, 2) the works of God, 3) the Word of God, 4) the promises of God, and 5) the prophecies of God.

On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life and our study on the Christian Discipline of Meditation. We'll see that meditation seems to be popular everywhere except in Christianity. For example: Zen Buddhism, Yoga, and Transcendental Meditation.

On this episode, Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues a mini-series on the Disciplines of the Believer’s Life by beginning our study on the Christian Discipline of Meditation. We'll see that the problem of practicing meditation is that Christians have actually lost the concept and skill of this Christian discipline.