The Book of Psalms is one of the most beloved and most often-read books of the Bible. Bible commentator James Johnston wrote: “Many of our favorite songs and hymns are portions of a psalm or a paraphrase. We go to the Psalms when we’re laughing and when we’re crying. Amazingly, they often say what we…
In the wake of great tragedy—the drowning of his four daughters after a collision at sea, Horatio Spafford penned these famous lyrics from the hymn: “It Is Well with My Soul.” When peace like a river attendeth my way,When sorrows like sea billows roll;Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,It is well, it…
We will be studying today in Luke 19 as we continue our series: “In the Steps of the Savior.” In the overall structure of Luke’s gospel, we are finishing up the section that I have titled, “The Mission and Teaching of Christ.” in Luke 19:9-10, Jesus said, “Today salvation has come to this house, since…
Much of our time today will be spent considering the kind of man that Zacchaeus was, according to what we see here in these verses; but I don’t want us to examine Zacchaeus and miss the more important point of this text. What is that point? That point is found in verse 10—the Son of…
We turn our attention back to the Gospel of Luke this morning. We will be focusing our attention on the last few verses of chapter 18. As we consider this encounter between the blind man named Bartimaeus and Jesus of Nazareth, there are a few important things that we are going to notice. First, we’ll…
Central Baptist College in Conway, Arkansas, is owned and operated by the Baptist Missionary Association of Arkansas (BMAAR), of which our church is a member. We are blessed today to welcome the new president of CBC—Dr. Jeremy Langley. He is here today to share a report about the school and to present a message from…
Through this series of lessons in Luke 18, Jesus is trying to rectify our faulty thinking on one very important issue: too often people think that they can be good enough to earn eternal life with God, but that is a flawed assessment! I can only imagine what must have been going on in the…
We’ll be returning to Luke 18, this morning—looking at verses 18-30. In this passage, Jesus says that God is the only one who is good. And in the Scripture—specifically in the Book of Psalms—the Bible tells us over and over again that the Lord, He is good! Only God is good, and we aren’t God.…
This morning, we will be thinking about the topic of “Our Dependency when Trusting in God” and see how Jesus utilized children as an object lesson for His followers to understand what was necessary to enter the kingdom of God. Now, this incident carries on with the theme of humility and lowliness that we saw…
