Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

  The Resurrection of a Misfit Leader How Moses Became a Great Leader in Forty Short Years   Larry R Evans   December 25, 2021   Some Highlights from Our Study of Deuteronomy    We are now coming to the end of our study of Deuteronomy. It’s been a rewarding experience with many applications for our lives today. A few of the insights that have emerged are:    ·        When taken as a whole, it is the longest sermon in the Bible. ·        It is not so much a 2 nd  law as much as a reapplication of certain laws. ·        It is not a political treaty but rather a covenant between God and His people. ·        God wanted a people that would be different from the Canaanites in the land to which they were going. ·        God can be known and He is faithful to His word. ·        God cannot be controlled by what He has created – the worshippers do not control their Creator ·        Deuteronomy is foremost a book about God’s grace and His love for the people of Israel.   Introduction The Man Mose

  Hidden No Longer  “How Can I Get More of God in My Life?”   Larry R Evans   December 11, 2021   Introduction “ And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.  I will be found by you,  says the LORD, and  I will bring you back  from your captivity ” (Jeremiah 29:13,14) On January 8, 1918, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson made a speech to Congress. The U.S. had entered what would become known as WWI.  Wilson delivered the so-called Fourteen Points.  In it, he outlined America’s political postwar aims. The points were clear, concrete, and had  specific objectives . Key tasks that were to be accomplished were laid out to Congress.   It was almost twenty-three years to the day, January 6, 1941, that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made a speech to Congress. WWII had erupted about seven months earlier. Roosevelt delivered the so-called Four Freedoms address in which he painted for Congress what America’s objectives were. Roosevelt spoke passionately about hi

  Learning to Think Like Jesus When Hearts Are Turned Back to God   November 27, 2021   Larry R Evans   Introduction Listen to this, Israel. GOD is calling you to account — and I mean all of you, everyone connected with the family that he delivered out of Egypt. Listen! "Out of all the families on earth, I picked you. Therefore, because of your special calling, I'm holding you responsible for all your sins." Do two people walk hand in hand if they aren't going to the same place?  ( The Message,  Amos 3:1-3 ) George Barna tells of a conversation he had with two pastors who had been attending one of his seminars.  “So, what do you guys do to help your people get a biblical worldview?”   One pastor told of how they have missionaries speak in his church services several times a year.  The Sunday school class had reports about and prayed for other parts of the world.  “We make sure that they realize the American Church is not the total sum of God’s work in the world.  Our