Topics: Saving vs Hoarding. Helping kids learn financial wisdom. Getting financial counsel from wise counselors. It really is more blessed to give than to receive. The danger of hiding our eyes from the poor. How to discern between giving that blesses and

Topics: The danger of rationalizing laziness. The danger of enabling laziness by inappropriate giving. The importance of diligence. The importance of redeeming the time. The danger of becoming a workaholic. Instilling a godly work ethic in our kids and gr

On March 30, 2014, Vickie shared her personal testimony in our A5B Bible Fellowship Class at Sevier Heights Baptist Church. She shared in a very effective way, mixing her spoken word testimony with testimony in song. I think you will enjoy this podcast! A

God wants his people to be people who think! And there is no expiration age on this command! Even as we age and our bodies and minds begin to deteriorate, He intends for us to gird them up, as best we can, and make them useful for His purposes! This is a

Topics: Why it is important for us to recognize God's use of the literary device of personification in these verses. (Jehovah's Witnesses do not recognize this use of personification.) A brief look at other  examples of metaphors and personification in

Many parents, not understanding God's principles, are unwittingly turning their foolish kids into foolish adults. The importance of meditating on Proverbs lest we become guilty of acting like fools ourselves. To find and subscribe to Steve’s podcasts

God intends for marriage to produce children. But more, He intends for marriage to produce wise children that have been instructed from God's truth. This is the responsibility of both mom and dad. Are we teaching our kids to fear the Lord? (Note: The fi

“Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully,” (1Peter 1:10 ESV) It's easy to quickly read over these words without seeing the incredibly powerful truth in them. One of t

Conclusion of study of John 20. (Part 1 is here.) Topics: Jesus commissions the disciples and promises the Holy Spirit Who will enable them to carry it out. The meaning of v. 23, the power to forgive or withhold forgiveness. The significance of Jesus' a

(Part 2 is here) In many ways, this chapter is what the Gospel of John, and the New Testament, and the Bible, and life itself are all about. The resurrection proves that, on the cross, Jesus really did defeat sin, death, the grave, hell, and Satan. And G