In our New Members’ Class this week, I mentioned a story from Ravi Zacharias that showed an outcome of obeying God’s word. It’s similar to John Wilfinger’s story, as told by John Soper, but the outcome is different — even intriguing. I told the class members that if they were interested, I’d dig up that story.
Jann asked for it, so I did about 30 seconds of googling and found it here. Enjoy!
Knowing and obeying God’s Word is fundamental to all true success.
At Curwensville Alliance we are reading through the Bible. This past week we’ve spent some time in Leviticus, a difficult book for most of us to relate to. This is likely the case with Nadab and Abihu.
In Leviticus 10, two sons of Aaron, Israel’s high priest, are killed by God for offering what the King James calls Strange Fire. That’s one catchy phrase, isn’t it? Strange Fire. Maybe that’s why the term has been so often capitalized upon by people wanting to put down anything different from what they have experienced or what they believe in.
But what is the strange fire?
This podcast attempts to answer the question in ways that speak to our hearts.
PS: I hope you’re listening to the morning services from Curwensville Alliance Church. They can be found by clicking here.
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The book of Job is respected by scholars throughout the world. It’s considered one of the oldest stories known to man, probably because it addresses one of the oldest problems known to man — what to do with suffering.
In this podcast, I select a few lessons from the book of Job and apply them to our own lives.
If you’re reading through the Bible with us, keep up the good work. We’re already nearing the one month mark!
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In 2014, many people at Curwensville Alliance are going through the Bible — reading through it. Matt McCracken is doing a Q&A time with the material in Sunday School and Pastor Steve is preaching a sermon from the past week’s reading material on Sunday evenings.
This week we read the opening chapters of Genesis, John 1, and a Psalm. The message was from Genesis 4.
Genesis 4 begins with the story of Cain and Abel and their sacrifices. Many have questioned why God rejected what Cain brought. After all, it was what he had. And shouldn’t God accept what we have?
The answer can only be found if you dig a little below the surface and find the hidden story.
I thought about putting these on the main church website, but since they are teaching material more than sermons, I felt they might go well here on the Pastor’s Blog.
Enjoy the podcast.
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If you’re planning to read through the Bible with us using the Bible App, you will find the plan we are using here: