Discipleship Isn’t Puppetry
The word “discipline” many times conjures up negative feelings rather than positive ones. Too often we connect the word discipline to words like “punishment”, “reproof”, or “correction”. Yet discipline that the Scripture reveals to us is much more than mere retribution. The discipline God offers entails a huge spectrum of channels, used by Him for [...]
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Moving on with God
By Sidharth Mohandas My mind travels back to the day I was studying Mark chapter 1 with my mentor Egmont Mika. Studying the Scripture inductively has challenged my perspective in ways I thought I would never be challenged. Here I have been familiar with Scripture for nearly two decades and it seemed like I knew [...]
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The Bread and the Wine
By Sidharth Mohandas In order to fully understand Scripture, I believe it is important that we study it in its original setting and context. As we all know, the New Testament or B’rit Chadashah is highly influenced by the Jewish culture and tradition. There are things in the Scripture we will never fully understand unless [...]
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The Gospel Series: Hebrews 2:10-18
Welcome to another week of study on the book of Hebrews! So far the author has been ingraining deep within us the superiority of Christ above the Law. He does not hurry through this, and so shouldn’t we. Let the truth sink deep within your spirit, Jesus Christ is the ultimate and supreme message from [...]
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The Gospel Series: Hebrews 2:5-9
We have been dealing with the book of Hebrews and have seen so far that God has spoken to us in these last days not through a set of rules and regulations, nor has He spoken to us a message for moral betterment or better living, but His message is His Son. OBSERVATION LEVEL Today [...]
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The Gospel Series: Hebrews 2:1-4
QUICK RECAP Before we continue to study Hebrews chapter 2, let me give you a quick recap of what we have seen so far. (1) In Hebrews 1:1-4, the author contrasts the Son to the prophets (Hebrews 1:1-2) and the angels (Hebrews 1:4), establishing His superiority over each of them. We understand that His purpose [...]