Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

Rescued! Hiding No Longer (Heaven, Education, and Eternal Learning)   December 26, 2020 Larry R Evans   Introduction Adam, where are you?”    God called out in the garden.  It was Adam, not God, who hid . God takes the initiative to come searching; we are the ones who hide. And Jesus, the Great Physician, sees  our sins not as disqualifiers but as the reason for his journey  from another world to ours. Rescue is God business. —Philip Yancey in, Rumors of Another World, p.156. If there is one phrase that I’ve heard many times, phrased in different ways, it is, “What a year this has been!”    The hope is that there is some way of leaving 2020 behind. Surely 2021 will be better. If the world were ever in need of being “rescued,” however, it would seem it is now. The question is, “Rescued by whom and from what?”    Will a vaccine rescue us? Will a new president or a new social order bring the kind of rescue we really need?    ...

The Gospel and the Other Six Days   “The Christian and Work”   December 12, 2020 Larry R Evans   Introduction   Isn’t it ironic that this week’s study is about “work?” Could the timing be worse? It comes at a time when many have lost jobs due to the pandemic? The world is shackled with fear and anxiety. Really,  how should we live during such times as this? How can we live with any kind of purpose if we live with such uncertainty?   Do we work only for financial security? Is work a curse that was added as a punishment for sin? Will work end with the Second Coming? Is “work” and “employment” the same thing? Does fear have to be our default response to dire circumstances? Should being unemployed, or barely existing from month to month, rob us of our dignity?      Over the years we’ve spent a fair amount of time reflecting on the significance of the Sabbath as a day of rest. Today, we will be looking at the work done during the other six days. W...