Bible Study

Sermon Genesis 15:1-6 The Lord Is Our Shield By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Sometimes a hint is so blatant that you simply have to accept it. This happened to me recently. Last Sunday after church I looked briefly at the readings assigned for today and noticed the Genesis passage about Abraham. The next day a … Continue reading “Genesis 15:1-6 The Lord Is Our Shield (Hoffacker) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 15:1-6 Blest to be a Blessing By The Rev. Dr. James D. Kegel GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. “Once the bottom fell out of my life and ministry, and I became very discouraged,” Norman Vincent Peale remembered, “My wife and I … Continue reading “Genesis 15:1-6 Blest to be a Blessing (Kegel) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 15:1-18 Great Rewards–But Slow in Coming! By Richard Niell Donovan Abram was an old man. When he looked at the back of his hands, he saw dry skin with the lined look of old skin. When he drank water from a pool, the face that stared back at him was an old face. … Continue reading “Genesis 15:1-18 Great Rewards—But Slow in Coming (Donovan) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 17:1-8 Romans 4:13-25 When God’s Mind Is Made Up By Dr. Randy L. Hyde Sometimes I think my mother should have named me Larry. Evidently, I look more like a Larry than I do a Randy because all my life people have wanted to call me Larry. Allow me to cite just one … Continue reading “Genesis 17:1-8; Romans 4:13-25 When God’s Mind Is Made Up (Hyde) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 God’s Not Done With Us Yet! By The Rev. Dr. David E. Leininger Abraham. Everybody knows old Abe. I doubt that any individual in history is more widely recognized and revered. Abraham is patriarch to history’s three great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In the Bible, of all the incredible … Continue reading “Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 God’s Not Done with Us Yet! (Leininger) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 17:1-7, 15-17 You Got to be Kidding! By Dr. Keith Wagner In the Spring of 1980 I called my boss and told him I was going into the ministry. “You got to be kidding,” he said, with total amazement. “Yes, it’s true,” I replied. I have decided to give up my sales career … Continue reading “Genesis 17:1-7, 15-17 You Got to Be Kidding (Wagner) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 18:1-10a Post-Conventional Thinking By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Families often tell stories around the birth of a child. Today’s reading from Genesis is such a story, concerned with what led to the birth of Isaac, the son of an elderly couple named Abraham and Sarah. Isaac is the promised child of the covenant … Continue reading “Genesis 18:1-10a Post-Conventional Thinking (Hoffacker) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7 No Laughing Matter By Dr. Keith Wagner Early last week I told my wife that I was preaching on the story in Genesis where Sarah laughed when God told her she was going to give birth at the age of 90. My wife replied, “No woman would laugh, she would be … Continue reading “Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-17 No Laughing Matter (Wagner) – Bible study”

Sermon Genesis 18:1-15 Is Anything Too Wonderful For the Lord? By Richard Niell Donovan Last week, we looked at the scripture in which God called Abram to leave his house and his kindred. God promised Abram that he would bless him and make of him a great nation. Abram and Sarah were already beginning to … Continue reading “Genesis 18:1-15 Is Anything Too Wonderful for the Lord? (Donovan) – Bible study”

Children’s Sermon Genesis 21:8-21 God’s Rescue Plan By Lois Parker Edstrom Today’s story from the Old Testament is about Hagar, a woman who found herself wandering about in the wilderness with her young son. They had drunk all the water that she carried with her and she did not know where to get more. She … Continue reading “Genesis 21:8-21 God’s Rescue Plan (Edstrom) – Bible study”