Session 2: One Pursuit (Sherri Holloway) by Rev. Gregory G. Capel, Jr.

The Temple polemic and censure of the religious leaders provides the background for the three questions in Matthew 24:1-3. These three questions set the stage for the final recorded sermon of Jesus, the Sermon About the End Times in Matthew 24:4-25:46. This sermon is historically known as the Olivet Discourse because it was preached on the Mount of Olives. The sermon’s theme is the Second Coming of Christ at the end of the Present Age when He will establish His Kingdom and usher in the Future Age.

Session 1: One Desire (Sherri Holloway) by Rev. Gregory G. Capel, Jr.

Special Testimony - Jennifer Muller by Rev. Gregory G. Capel, Jr.

​​Psalm 106 is a song about human sin and divine compassion. Written during the Exilic Period, this psalm is a confessional recounting Israel’s history of faithlessness to God. Despite her sin, God had compassion upon the nation, so that when the people repented, God delivered them from captivity. In part 3, we consider humanity's perversity and provocations.

Genesis 1:1-31 reveals how God created from unformed and unfilled to formed and filled. Here in Genesis 1:20-23, on day five, God fills what He formed on the second day. He fills the waters with living creatures and sea monsters and the sky with birds.

​Psalm 106 is a song about human sin and divine compassion. Written during the Exilic Period, this psalm is a confessional recounting Israel’s history of faithlessness to God. Despite her sin, God had compassion upon the nation, so that when the people repented, God delivered them from captivity. In part 2, we consider humanity's punishment.

Genesis 1:1-31 reveals how God created from unformed and unfilled to formed and filled. Here in Genesis 1:6-8, God forms the heavens. The first creative work of day two is separating the waters into two parts. At the end of day one, the earth was covered with a primeval world ocean (i.e., the deep), which the Holy Spirit intended to form and fill. Here, on day two, the forming begins. By cleaving the waters into the waters above and waters below, God shaped the earth into a spherical object.

Psalm 106 is a song about human sin and divine compassion. Written during the Exilic Period, this psalm is a confessional recounting Israel’s history of faithlessness to God. Despite her sin, God had compassion upon the nation, so that when the people repented, God delivered them from captivity. In part 1, we consider God's patience.

Jesus’ final recorded sermon does not occur until a few days before the crucifixion. In that sermon, He answers the disciples’ questions regarding His return and the end of the present age. However, before dealing with those issues, Jesus has a series of debates with the Pharisees and other religious leaders. Here in chapter 19, Matthew records one of those debates. The Pharisees question Jesus regarding divorce and remarriage. Jesus’ answer prompts the disciples to ask a question about eunuchs. Hence, Jesus speaks to the issues of Marriage, Divorce, and Eunuchs in Matthew 19:1-12.