1 Peter 1:10-11 Should have seen it coming.
Matthew 5:21-26 Anger kills relationships but reconciliation gives life. Reconciliation enables worship; holding grudges smothers worship.
John 1:1-14 An illusionary faith
Matthew 16:13-21 Sola Scriptura
Matthew 5:21-26 Anger kills relationships but reconciliation gives life.
Matthew 5:13-16 People who think they’re good enough to go to Heaven actually go to Hell.
Matthew 16:13-21 Sola Scriptura
Matthew 5:13-16 Genuine Christian influence both creates and preserves true civilization. True civilization safeguards human rights, rewards virtue, and punishes vice.
1 Corinthians 10:19-22 Spiritual experience can be spiritual deception.
Matthew 5:10-12 Persecution for the sake of Christ brings great rewards and in great company.
Psalms 139:1-18 Design = Designer
Following a 23-year ministry as a pastor and church planter, Dr. David Hirschman serves as the Associate Dean for Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
Matthew 5:9 Seek peace by bringing Christ to those who have no peace.
Jeremiah 10:12 Design = Designer
Matthew 5:8 There is no greater call on your life than to single-minded devotion to Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 2:5 Grace is not an opportunity to earn salvation; grace is the opportunity to receive salvation.
Luke 10:2 Matthew 9:35-38 Are you available? “And He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.’” (Luke 10:2; Matthew 9:37-38)
Matthew 5:7 Mercy is reciprocal; if you don’t give it, you won’t receive it.
1 Timothy 2:5 Grace is not an opportunity to earn salvation; grace is the opportunity to receive salvation.
Matthew 5:6 Desiring God is to desire to be in a right relationship with Him. This one thing truly satisfies the desires of the human heart.
Matthew 28:16-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” – Matthew 28:19
Genesis 6:8-22, 7:5 Dr. Roden is from is a small community called Whitesboro, Alabama. His areas of study include the Old Testament and Archaeology. He has spent two summers on archaeological excavations in Hazor, Israel. He and his wife, Renee, have two sons. His hobbies include playing the banjo, bass fishing and Alabama football.
Matthew 5:5 Meekness is not weakness; it is power under God’s control.
2 Corinthians 11:3-4, 13-15 Godhood requires perfection.
Matthew 5:4 Life hurts, God heals.
2 Corinthians 11:3-4, 13-15 A man’s morality dictates his theology.
Matthew 5:1-3 “Those who would build high must begin low.” – Matthew Henry
John 14:6 Jesus Christ is more than a prophet.
Matthew 18:1-6 Greatness comes through humility.
Judges 19-21 “If God does not exist, everything is permitted.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
