Equipping Saints • Engaging Culture • Examining Claims
When Manna is Enough “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” (Hebrews 13:5) Every morning for forty years, Israel woke to find bread on the ground. It came with the dew, white and thin as…
The following is a summary of Zenjie’s sermon: When Blind Eyes Begin to See A Summary of a Sermon on Luke 18:31–43 Speaker: Zenjie Caneda ❦ ✦ ❦ Overview Filling in while both preaching pastors were away, Zenjie took up the closing two sections of Luke 18: Jesus’ third prediction of His death (vv. 31–34)…
A narrative synthesis of the Hillsdale College Online Course “Ancient Christianity,” Lectures 2–11, expanded and corroborated with primary sources from the Church Fathers and classical historians. ✦ ✦ ✦ Introduction: The Most Audacious Claim in History Imagine standing in the Roman Forum in the first century and announcing to the crowd that the Creator of…
Does it look like Madison Avenue? Testing a Megachurch Stunt Against Scripture Introduction: Two Ways to Enter a Sanctuary There are two ways to make an entrance into a house of worship. One is on a borrowed colt, exactly as the prophet foretold: “lowly, and riding upon an ass” (Zechariah 9:9). The other is behind…
“No Man Stood With Me”: Making Sure Your Pastor Never Has to Say It ❧ ✦ ☙ “No Man Stood With Me” The hall is cold, and the old man in chains stands alone. Rome has summoned the apostle Paul to answer for the gospel before an imperial tribunal, and the places where his friends…
An AI Exposition and Supplemental Bible Study of Luke 18:9-14, as preached by Pastor Joey Sampaga at East Valley International Church, September 20, 2026. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into…
Why the Prophet’s Statecraft Still Governs the Argument ❦ ❦ ❦ I. Introduction: The Question Nobody Asks Precisely Enough In February and again in May of 2026, the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government of the United States House Judiciary Committee convened hearings under a title that left nothing to inference: “Sharia-Free America: Why…
Why “Arabia” Is Not an Incidental Detail A Silence Loud Enough to Preach There is a hole in the New Testament record roughly the size of a seminary education. Luke, who tracks Paul across two continents and counts the days of his sea voyages, says nothing about it. Paul himself disposes of it in a…
An AI Exposition and Supplemental Bible Study of Luke 18:1–8, as preached by Pastor David Jerome at East Valley International Church, September 13, 2026. The Parable of the Persistent Widow Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work. — Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest . And he…
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