What Is Man? (10)

Today Derek looks at two very important words concerning the human condition: is it spiritual or soulish? Man cannot be both at the same time. There i...

What Is Man? (9)

God’s plan is to rule from above through man’s spirit. That means the soul is in subjection and the body obeys what is passed down. As we get in line...

What Is Man? (8)

Our bodies were bought with a tremendous price to become dwelling places of the Holy Spirit. God wants to live in and through us—in and through you. T...

What Is Man? (7)

The soul of man is self-conscious; it functions in the will, the intellect or mind, and the emotions. The soul says, “I want,” “I think,” and “I feel....

What Is Man? (6)

What happens with our spirit in regeneration? The regenerated spirit is conscious of God and can communicate directly with Him. The spirit can now fun...

What Is Man? (5)

The nature of the seed determines the nature of the life within it. The new life is incapable of sinning, and it comes about by living a life of faith...

What Is Man? (4)

What is the remedy for the human spirit to be brought back from death to life? It is only through the miracle of rebirth where a man receives the seed...

What Is Man? (3)

What happened when man turned away in self-will and rebellion? He became spiritually dead, but that was just the beginning. Derek delves into the effe...

What Is Man? (2)

God made man of spirit, soul, and body. Today Derek looks at these three parts to define what they are and how they work together. Apart from God, man...

What Is Man? (1)

In the vastness of the universe there is a speck of a planet with humans on it—and God, our Creator, cares all about us. It’s hard to take in just why...

Agreeing With God (10)

Derek finishes this study of agreeing with God by looking at opposites in God’s categorization of morality. A matter is either in the light or in dark...

Agreeing With God (9)

Today Derek looks at one of the categories God uses, the first being spiritual. Very simply it is this: a person is either walking in faith or unbelie...

Agreeing With God (8)

Derek looks at the two sides of God’s nature—His mercy and severity—which run all through the Bible. Looking at Old and New Testament Scriptures we se...

Agreeing With God (7)

In today’s study Derek shows us that God is interested in the little things as well as the large. He cares about our faithfulness in everything we do,...

Agreeing With God (6)

Derek continues this week in looking at how our thinking needs to change to agree with God’s thinking. Today he looks at the priorities of God, the fi...

Agreeing With God (5)

Today Derek presents the second objective of God to our thought life: that is, the need for excellence. Derek uses creation as his example. All that G...

Agreeing With God (4)

Derek looks at four main areas in our thought life that needs to change if we are to bring our ways in line with God’s ways and God’s thoughts. These...

Agreeing With God (3)

In this study, Derek looks at what it means to change our minds—another way of understanding repentance. He shows us through Scripture how repentance...

Agreeing With God (2)

Derek returns today to Isaiah 55 to examine how we can receive God’s ways and thoughts. As rain, it immediately soaks in. But as snow, it is sometimes...

Agreeing With God (1)

Today Derek begins a study on agreeing with God. To agree means to harmonize our ways and thoughts to God’s. God has said in His Word that His thought...

Love of God, The (15)

Today Derek finishes this study on the topic of love by using the active definition and command Jesus gave to His disciples. “Love one another as I ha...

Love of God, The (14)

Today Derek examines the character of love—how it behaves in everyday life. Looking at the verses in 1 Corinthians 13, “the love chapter,” we find how...

Love of God, The (13)

Reading from 1 Corinthians 13, Derek comments on the importance of love. Without love we are nothing. Regardless of all of our giftings, no matter wha...

Love of God, The (12)

Today we examine the perfect law of liberty, the law of love. The entire Law is wrapped up in these: If we love God and love our neighbors as we love...

Love of God, The (11)

How does God’s agape love work in our lives? Derek helps us to see that we cannot move in God’s love until it has first been birthed within us by the...

Love of God, The (10)

In today’s session, Derek provides Scriptures that address God’s ability to bring healing to hearts wounded by rejection. There are wounds of feeling...

Love of God, The (09)

Today’s study considers love that occurs in marriage—the picture of a husband and wife or of Christ and the church. In Ephesians, this is called “a my...

Love of God, The (08)

Derek takes the parable of the sinful woman and the Pharisee to show how love and forgiveness are obtained through faith, not works. God’s love cannot...

Love of God, The (07)

So, what has motivated God to move so graciously in the ways of men? It certainly is not because we merited it in some way, but simply because He love...

Love of God, The (06)

Today Derek looks at what it means to believe or rely on God’s love for us. God’s love is unconditional, we should respond to Him in the same way, wit...

Love of God, The (05)

Derek’s study today goes into more detail regarding agape love. Agape love is self-giving, it goes the second mile, it is unconditional, and it is per...

Love of God, The (04)

In today’s session, Derek looks at four different words for love, how they are used in Scripture, and how they differ from one another. This understan...

Love of God, The (03)

Today Derek points out that Holiness requires both a sacrifice and a priest to offer it. In the all-sufficiency of Jesus, both of these were provided....

Love of God, The (02)

Scripture speaks of God dwelling in unapproachable light, and yet His love for mankind draws them to Him. Derek looks at how this love of God took on...

Love of God, The (01)

Derek begins this Christmas season study on the love of God by stressing the need to know the One from whom it comes. We can only know God as Father i...

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