Announcements
Online Bible Study: Pursuing Christ to Know Him as Seen in Philippians 3
Join our upcoming online Bible study via Zoom, April 15 to May 20, 2026
Podcast Episode #154: How I Became a Christian
I sought for the meaning of life in politics, until I found it in Christ Himself
Episode #153: Why the Standard Version? Two Examples
Looking at two New Testament verses to illustrate the need for the SV
Pausing the Podcast for Now
I have to focus all my time and effort now on preparing the Standard Version of the New Testament for publication.
Episode #151: Just What Is the “Outer Darkness?”
The Scriptures show us that it is actually a very different place from the lake of fire
Episode #150: The Parables of the Talents & the Minas (2)
The Lord does not expect us to make a profit according to what He has not given us, but only according to what He has given us
Episode #149: The Parables of the Talents & the Minas (1)
We may either “coin enormous future wealth” with the Lord’s gift to us in this age, or miss the opportunity to reign with Him in His kingdom
Fall Bible Study in Chicago: 1 & 2 Peter
Our Fall Bible Study begins this Thursday, the 25th; we hope you can be with us for this time!
Episode #148: The Unforgiving Servant & the Foolish Virgins
The Lord Himself warns us, through His parables, of how serious a discipline we may face when we stand before His judgment seat
Episode #147: Rewarded According to Our Works (3)
The journey of the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Good Land, as Paul makes clear, is a very serious warning to the believers today
Episode #146: Rewarded According to Our Works (2)
We cannot afford to ignore the many serious warnings in the New Testament of how we as the believers in Christ may be judged at the Lord’s return
Episode #145: Rewarded According to Our Works (1)
Will we reign with Christ for the 1,000 years? That is what we will find out at His judgment seat
Episode #144: “He Is a Rewarder!”
Not everything in the Christian life is a free gift, for the Lord will reward us according to our works
Episode #143: What Is the Kingdom of the Heavens?
To reign with the Lord in the next age, the 1,000 years, we must live under His authority in this age
Episode #142: The Millennium, the 1,000 Year Reign of Christ Upon the Earth
There’s so much of the Bible we can’t understand until we see this matter of Christ bringing His kingdom to this present earth
Episode #141: The Churches of God as the Golden Lampstands
Christ today is walking in the midst of the golden lampstands, the churches of God
Episode #140: Simply Meeting Together in the Lord’s Name
In forming churches, the believers in Christ should come together simply as Christians, nothing more and nothing less
Episode #139: The Way of the Church (3): The Genuine Place to Worship God & Its Frustrations
To render God the worship He desired, Israel needed to first destroy the pagan centers of worship and then bring their offerings to Jerusalem
Episode #138: The Way of the Church (2): God’s Desire to Have the Church, & Our Oneness in Christ
If we see God’s goal to have the church, and the nature of our oneness in Christ, we’ll know how we should meet with our fellow believers
Episode #137: The Way of the Church (1): The New Testament Way of Simply Gathering Together as the Believers Where We Live
The early believers simply came together to be the church in the place where they lived, and we should, too