By glenn coon We all know that Jesus should be our #1 doctrine. But, HOW do we practice this? For the apostles, their first message was Jesus. The person of Jesus was their rallying cry. It was the doctrine of Jesus that brought the new members into the church. They were baptized into JESUS. If [...]

THE THREE PRIMARY DESCRIPTIONS OF GOD’S BEAUTY (REV. 4; REV. 1; SONG 5) The purpose of this session is to provide a general overview of God’s beauty. We will bring three key passages together into ten categories so as to give a road map to study God’s beauty. Revelation 4 gives us significant insight into [...]

UNDERSTANDING THE KISSES OF GOD’S WORD 2 Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth (Word) – For Your love is better than wine.  (Song 1:2) The Bride made her request to the One with authority over the King. She said, “Let Him…” She asks the One who could influence the King in [...]

DAVID’S SACRED VOW: TO EXTRAVAGANTLY PURSUE GOD UNTIL… As a young man, David made a vow to dedicate his life to find a resting place or dwelling place for God. This refers to a place where an unusual measure of God’s presence is manifest on earth. David’s life work was to establish a dwelling place [...]

Exposing Deception and Discerning Cults JESUS WARNED ABOUT FALSE PROPHETS AND CULTS When Jesus taught on the end times, He warned us to beware of false teachers who could gain a large following, thus starting new cults. Jesus twice emphasized that “many” will respond to false leaders (v. 5, 11). False teaching will accelerate (v. [...]