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Ecclesiastes 1:1-12:14 October 28, 2026 PM. Ecclesiastes is an autobiographical about how Solomon “came to himself” after God initially gave him great wisdom (1 Kings 3:12) but he later fell into terrible sin (1 Kings 11:1-8). Ecclesiastes reports how he pursued all kinds of luxuries—but his soul was empty. Toward the end of his life, he penned Ecclesiastes as his final chapter of wisdom. It extols the value of judiciously enjoying God’s gifts, but recognizes that God will bring all things into judgment. Therefore, we must fear God and keep His commandments. Because of this, we must “enjoy” the pleasures of life with proper restraint.

Various October 25, 2026 PM. Our study of the NT use of the OT continued with a review of the prior weeks' material, a quick look at some first century Jewish interpretive methods and guidelines, and an explanation of several quotations Jesus spoke from the Old Testament.

Various October 25, 2026 AM. For this baptism service, we reviewed the meaning of baptism as a symbol of an underlying spiritual reality. We examined how baptism points back to the work of Christ, how it symbolizes the believer's connection to Christ and rescue from sin and death, and how it points forward to the future resurrection.

Various October 25, 2026 SS. The Scriptures have a lot to say about the Christian's identity in Christ, including what we were before we were saved, the gospel itself, and what God has done for us after we were redeemed. These can encourage us in times of difficulty.

Zechariah October 21, 2026 PM. Zechariah's prophecy opens with a call for the post-exilic Jews to return to God and through a series of visions encourages them to continue working to restore the temple and their worship. Farther into the future, Zechariah reveals that the people of the nations who remain after the catastrophic judgements of that age will come to Jerusalem to worship God as King. This strengthened the exiles who had returned to a city that was in ruins from the Babylonian invasion from 67 years earlier.

Various October 18, 2026 PM. We touched on several topics in our introduction to the New Testament use of the Old Testament. These included the definition of a type, the various Old Testament books that are not mentioned at all in the New Testament, how the New Testament sometimes quotes texts from outside of the Bible, static meaning of the Old Testament text, the difficulty with double fulfillment, the level of contextuality in the NT authors' use of the OT, lexical priming, and a bit about reader-response hermeneutics.

Various October 18, 2026 AM. In part two of how God connected the testaments, we looked at several more types of NT uses of the OT including predictions previewed, theology misapplied, theology properly applied, wording adapted, pattern fulfilled, historical references, and historical analogies. These categories help us to grasp better the interconnected story of the entire Bible. A particular goal of this message is to help you be immersed into the world of the Bible and show how it is worth every effort to mine its truth by digging deeply into it. Saturating your thinking with the Bible will help you to live better for the Lord.

Various October 18, 2026 SS. We examined several passages that use the phrase "in your name" including Luke 10:17 about demons being subject to the name of Christ, Matthew 7:22 about people who claimed to do many wonderful works in the name of Jesus but were not true disciples, and Luke 9:49 about someone not in the immediate circle of disciples casting out demons in Jesus's name.

Various October 13, 2026 PM. In this lesson, we glean wisdom from the book of proverbs on parenting. Parenting is designed to bring joy, not a burden. The joy of parenting is directly connected to the character of a child in Proverbs. As parents, we are to both model godly living and instruct our children to live godly. The responsibility of parenting is made difficult by the fact that children resist submitting to the instruction of parents.

Various October 11, 2026 PM.In this message, Pastor Postiff introduced us to the from the morning message, with some interesting graphics and statistics about how interconnected the Bible truly is. This material was originally written for the curriculum of a short Bible college course.

Various October 11, 2026 AM. The topic of this message was about how the New Testament uses the Old Testament. We first looked at how the two testaments are actually unified into a single book. They are not entirely different or disconnected from one another. Pastor Postiff then offered a system of categorization to help us understand how a New Testament quotation of the Old Testament works. We looked at about half a dozen different types of NT quotes of the OT. The remainder awaits in part 2.

Various October 11, 2026 SS. Pastor Postiff answered questions about the death penalty and its practice in the Old Testament time; about the difference between the tabernacle, temple, and synagogue, and concerning how Christians should think about the "Israel issue."

Various October 8, 2026 PM. In this study, we continue to focus our attention on the topic of being teachable from the book of Proverbs. This time, we considered how an unteachable spirit will manifest itself and the consequences that are experienced by those who despise instruction or correction.

Various October 4, 2026 PM. We have given definition to the term Dispensationalism. Then we considered the practical usefulness of this approach to understanding Scripture. Last time, we got down to the proposal at the center of this series, that we should maintain in our minds a clear distinction between Israel, the church, and the future kingdom. In this message we continued to look at Acts 1:3-8 and some other passages that demonstrate clearly the distinction. We also mention that it is helpful to keep the kingdom (in the age to come) distinct in our minds from eternity, which will follow the kingdom and be somewhat similar to it.

Romans 12:1-2 October 4, 2026 AM. In Romans 12:1-2, the Bible urges us to live as holy offerings to God, not being conformed to the sinful world's values, but having our minds continuously renewed with God's word and will at the center of our lives. This is how God changes our minds from our prior state in darkness and depravity to being able to put into practice His will.