Godly Women From: iluvleah9, 23 hours ago This presentation was used in a teen Bible class and is based upon the Lads to Leaders PEARLS book, lesson 1. Glenn and Cindy Colley wrote the first lesson.

A short while ago, we reviewed the Lads to Leaders PEARLS book for 2007-2008, entitled Hold Fast to That Which is Good. Currently, I am teaching from this book on Wednesday nights, and I am trying to make a PowerPoint presentation for each of the 13 lessons. I am uploading them all to SlideShare for people to see. I am also trying a new feature from SlideShare that lets me “post” these slideshows as articles on my blog. I hope this works where you can see these shows. (Please note that, in the transfer process, SlideShare moves certain things or even changes colors of fonts, so there are often some…

1. This psalm is a tribute, in some ways, to God’s love. The poets–the sons of Korah–realize that God is currently angry with His people, but has been patient and merciful in the past. From this, they write that God will be merciful again by restoring His people. 2. Verses 1-3 are an historical reminder of God’s past dealings with Israel. While they sinned previously, God was always willing to forgive and protect them. Verse 3 shows us that the poets knew that God could be greatly angered. 3. After that short “review,” the prayer for restoration begins in verse 4. In some way God has shown His people that…

This article is an “unfinished” list. There are literally dozens of reasons to read the Bible. To help you get a list started, and, hopefully, to motivate all of us to read the Bible more, I offer the following reasons. 1. It is how God speaks to us today. The time of miracles has past (cf. First Corinthians 12-14), but God still communicates with His children. Hebrews 11:1-2 reminds us that God has “in these last days spoken to us through His Son.” If we want to hear the Message from God, we will open His Word and “listen.” 2. It contains the story of the greatest life ever lived.…

1. The beautiful words of this psalm give us the joy being felt by one who is traveling to Jerusalem for a feast. As he nears the city and the temple, he is overcome with joy and expresses his praise to God. 2. While God is everywhere, for this Jewish traveller, the sight of the temple brought forth his first words of praise (verse 1). While we do not travel to the temple to worship, the anticipation of being with God in a special way in worship should cause us to grow with excitement. 3. In verse 2 the writer is having trouble containing his excitement. He has “longed” and…

Driving through Decatur, Alabama, yesterday, I noticed a billboard with these words: Love God?Hate Church? The rest of the billboard was just a logo, motto (“a new way to do church”) and a website. Admittedly, my curiosity was raised, so I went to the website. The website is epicchurch.tv, and I went to it figuring it would be a site that promoted a congregation with a strange name. I was right. The name of the congregation? The same as the website: epicchurch.tv. Another motto of the congregation is found on their site: “No perfect people allowed.” This group seems to pride themselves on the fact that they are not perfect,…

1. This psalm contains some unique characteristics. The one that stands out the most is that so many different nations are mentioned. This is very much an historical psalm, but commentators are not sure which event(s) caused this poem to be written. Many point to Second Chronicles 20 as the setting, but some go so far as to say this is a general psalm and that the recording of nations is just symbolic. Whatever the circumstances, the words contain a great national lament of God’s people. 2. The psalm opens (verse 1) with a call for God to “not remain silent.” While there will be words of lament, the psalmist…

Several of my friends get together each year for a Fantasy Football draft. We met last weekend, and had a great time. It’s a special thing for Christians to get together for fellowship and fun. Now, though, it’s time to crush my friends in our league! I’ve never won our league, and I probably never will, but I just try not to finish last (which I never have). Just so you know who to root for, here’s my lineup for the week: QB: Tony RomoRB: Shaun AlexanderRB: Willis McGaheeWR: Marvin Harrison (80+ yards, TD last night)WR: Steve SmithWR: Anquan BoldinK: Nate KaedingD: Philadephia After the Thursday night game, my opponent…

1. The words of this psalm are like very few others in the entire book. The poet pictures God standing before world leaders and condemning then for being unjust. While other psalms may mention such things, very few are totally based upon this subject matter. 2. For anyone who is a leader of people, verse 1 is a sobering reminder that God is the leader of all, including those in positions of great power. 3. Verse 2 opens the charges God is making to the leaders. They are going so far as to be partial to the wicked. Verses 3 and 4 continue this line of thought by charging the…