Study and Obey

What is the role of elders? How does God want Christian leaders to lead?

This passage has encouraging and practical application for every time of leader including church leaders, parents, teachers, an…

Suffering is not a topic many believers want to experience or even think about. Many believers in the world today have not experienced serious persecution.

But Christians in the early New Testament ch…

What is the difference between living in the Spirit and living in the flesh? This Bible study is on 1 Peter 3:8-22. It covers practical Christian living and reminds us that the the gospel changes liv…

Peter was writing to people who facing hard times. Many were being persecuted for their faith and suffering unfairly. 

Here he gives them many practical tips for how to respond. He shepherds their hea…

Traditional values are under attack in the world today. It is easy to be swayed by strong and aggressive personalities or influencers who push certain agenda. 

For believers, we need to be discerning …

In this day and age, governments seem ever more set against God. Politicians have little fear of God and their policies show it. How are we to react to these authorities? What if their laws violate G…

This passage looks at two of the most important aspects of the Christian faith, Jesus and God's Word. 

What is your attitude toward Scripture? Are you distracted when you try to read or study it? This…

God calls us to be holy. We are to be like Him. What areas of your life fall short? How can you reach such a high calling? How can we grow day-by-day?

Join this practical Bible study on 1 Peter 1:13-2…

How much did the Old Testament prophets understand about the Messiah? How much do angels understand of God's plan?

This passage looks at the mystery of Scripture and the importance of diligently study…

1 Peter was written around the time that Nero started heavily persecuting believers. Christians were scared. They had questions.

What was God's plan in this? How long would these trials last? How were…

The book of Malachi is largely filled with rebukes from God to His people. They were not honoring Him as they should. They were stingy, selfish, and sinful. Their sacrifices were pathetic.

But not eve…

It seems like a dangerous thing to rob God, but that is what the people were doing. Malachi rebukes the people for their disrespect toward God. They were stingy and disobedient.

God was not happy. 

Thi…

Few people study Malachi, but this small Old Testament book is filled with practical wisdom. This chapter looks at honoring God from the heart. It is especially focused on leaders, families, and marr…

The book of Malachi is largely a reaffirmation of the covenant between God and His people. The problem was that they were not honoring God as they should. They were offering lame and blind animals on…

We have come to the last study in Nehemiah. Though it was written well over two thousand years ago, the principles inside can still apply to us today. This passage gives us practical lessons on our a…

Would a shepherd invite a wolf to spend the night with the sheep? It seems crazy. But that is what the people were doing during the time of Nehemiah.

This Bible study on Nehemiah 13 will show us what …

I have been on prayer walks before. But until I read Nehemiah 11-12, I had never heard of a praise walk. 

They hold this special event to dedicate the newly built temple wall to the Lord. It is a day …

Nehemiah 9 is a very helpful chapter. It follows a grand celebration of the entire assembly of Israel. Now they assemble again to read the Word. This time they are convicted and begin spontaneous con…

I really enjoyed studying Nehemiah 8. It shows the importance of our attitude toward the Word of God. The people respected Scripture. They stood for hours to listen to the reading and explanation of …