Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

  The Sabbath:   24 Hours to Have Our Hearts Recaptured   It’s More than a Mark on the Calendar    Larry R Evans May 29, 2029   Introduction   Abraham Joshua Heschel once wrote,  “Six days a week we seek to dominate the world, on the seventh day we try to dominate self.”  ( The Sabbath , p.13). What is there about the Sabbath that teaches this?  Have we looked at it this way? It may be time to look at an old landmark through a polished lens–one that is continually being polished.   While in seminary, I took a class about the Sabbath. For twelve weeks we studied the prophetic and spiritual goldmine found in the Sabbath.  I do not remember even once when the class tried to prove which day is the Sabbath. That was assumed, but there was much more to be seen. Unfortunately, many only know the Sabbath as it is contrasted with its substitute.  There is so much more to know and experience.  I suspect...

How God Responds to Attempts to Cancel Culture: The “Children of the Promise”   May 1, 2021 Larry R Evans   Reflective Quiz   1      True or False?  Trying to replace one culture with another is arbitrary and wrong. 2     True or False?   Cancel  Culture and  Cancer  Culture are concerns the Bible does not address. 3.      True or False?  Protecting those who are guilty is a form of prejudice and should not be tolerated. 4.      True or False?  God’s plan for Abraham did not end at the cross. 5.      True or False?  The fact that God chose Abram, an obscure nomad, suggests that God’s values are often different from ours.   Introduction   What’s so wrong with “counterculture? When God spoke to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, wasn’t He promising to replace one culture with another? When the Bible tells us, that God has a “new heav...