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    Stopping A Rebel (2 Samuel 20)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 17, 2025
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    When should we stop a rebel and when not? Let's look at 2 Samuel 20.

    When reconciliation cannot be had, how can a rebel’s destructive influence be stopped? Let’s begin in 2 Samuel 20. Did a rebel named Sheba, son of Bikri, stir up division among the tribes? Now a wicked [worthless] man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gibeonite Justice (2 Samuel 21)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 18, 2025
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    Should we settle for Gibeonite justice or is there something better? Let's begin in 2 Samuel 21.

    Did David do what the Lord really wanted to atone for the atrocity committed against the Gibeonites or did God bless the land despite David’s inadequacy? Let’s look at 2 Samuel 21. Why was there a famine? Had Saul violated a peace treaty with the Gibeonites that Joshua had made? Were others in ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Lord Is My Rock (2 Samuel 22)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 19, 2025
     | 333 views

    Upon whom do we rely? Let's look at 2 Samuel 22.

    Do we look to God for protection, for deliverance? Do we sing God’s praise? What is the purpose of praise? Let’s look at 2 Samuel 22. Would a former shepherd like David see a high rock as a safe place for sheep from predators? Is the Lord our refuge from violent people? David sang to the Lord the ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    The David Conundrum (2 Samuel 23)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 20, 2025
     | 197 views

    How could a man who plundered whole villages, committed adultery and murder be considered righteous and a man after God's own heart? Let's begin in 2 Samuel 23.

    How could a man who pillaged whole villages, committed adultery and murder be declared righteous, and a man after God’s own heart? How could the Spirit of the Lord speak through such a man? Are genuine repentance and faith keys? Let’s begin in 2 Samuel 23. Does the fear of God begin to explain ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Or Numbers (2 Samuel 24)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 21, 2025
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    Do we rely on God or numbers? Let's look at 2 Samuel 24.

    Do human governments rely on God or military numbers? Does God often defeat a strong enemy using inferior numbers? Let’s look at 2 Samuel 24. Was Israel relying on military numbers rather than God, who often defeated enemies by using inferior numbers? Now the anger of the Lord burned against ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Good & Bad Traditions (John 2)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 23, 2025
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    How do we discern between good and bad traditions? Let's look at John 2.

    Do believers always choose the right way? Are mandatory teetotaling and selling items at church, good or bad ideas? Which traditions, built upon Jesus, are gold or stubble? Let’s begin in John 2. Should Christians make up rules not found in the Bible, like forbidding even moderate alcohol use? Did ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    From Above (John 3)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 24, 2025
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    Are we born from above and do we obey the one who came from above? Let's look at John 3.

    Are we to be born from above and have faith in He who comes from above? What is being born of the Spirit? Does God love the world? Did Jesus baptize? Are believing and obedience connected? Let’s look at John 3. How could a religious leader, schooled in the Old Testament, completely miss the ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lay Baptism & Lay Evangelism (John 4)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 25, 2025
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    Who baptizes and who evangelizes in our church? Let's look at John 4.

    Can ordinary disciples baptize under supervision? Can a novice evangelize? Is a future evangelist waiting somewhere for us to arrive? Do we allow living water from heaven to flow through us? Is our food to do God’s will? Do we share what others need to hear? Let’s examine John 4. Who performed the ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Compassion Vs Rules (John 5)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 26, 2025
     | 162 views

    Which comes first compassion or man-made rules? Let's look at John 5.

    Is Jesus divine? Did He put compassion above man-made rules? Did religious leaders want to murder Him? Do we believe Jesus’ words? Let's look at John 5. What did Jesus come across at the pool of Bethesda? The section in square brackets is not found in early manuscripts. Some time later, Jesus ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    An Offensive Message (John 6)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 28, 2025
     | 283 views

    What parts of Jesus' message offends us? Let's look at John 6.

    Do we water down Jesus’ message because it offends us? Let’s look at John 6. With a large crowd following Jesus, did they have enough money to feed them all? After this, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, to Tiberias). A large crowd kept following him because they ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Rivers Of Living Water (John 7)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 29, 2025
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    Why do people either love or hate Jesus? Let's look at John 7.

    What kind of teacher was Jesus, cautious and weak or bold and confronting? Let’s look at John 7. Did members of Jesus’ own family believe in Him? Do we have doubters in our families? After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, because he didn’t want to travel in Judea, since the Jewish leaders ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who Is Jesus (John 8)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 30, 2025
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    Who did Jesus say He is? Let's look at John 8.

    Did Jesus confront religious leaders or simply keep quiet? Who do we believe He is? Let’s look at John 8. What happened when a woman caught in adultery was presented to Jesus? Where was the man? but Jesus walked out to the Mount of Olives. Then early the next morning he went to the temple. The ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Blindness (John 9)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 30, 2025
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    Are we spiritually and morally blind to Jesus and what He taught? Let's look at John 9.

    Is there a willing blindness of heart, a spiritual and moral blindness? Do we see but refuse to acknowledge the truth? Let’s look at John 9. Why was a man born blind? Does God often have a purpose beyond our circumstances? Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Good Shepherd (John 10)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 1, 2025
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    Who is the good shepherd and why? Let's look at John 10.

    Why is Jesus the good shepherd? How is he the gate to the sheep pen? Why did people not believe and falsely accuse Him? Let’s look at John 10. Did people understand Jesus telling a parable about sheep and their shepherd? Do we recognize Jesus’ voice? Jesus said: I tell you for certain only ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lazarus (John 11)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 2, 2025
     | 276 views

    What happened surrounding the miracle of Lazarus' resurrection? Let's look at John 11.

    What happened to Lazarus? Why did Jesus weep? Why did religious leaders plot? Let’s look at John 11. Why did Jesus return to a village where He could be in danger? Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist