What did you believe when you believed in Jesus? Make sure it's what Jesus commands.

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What did you believe when you believed in Jesus? Make sure it's what Jesus commands.

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Paul spent a little more than 18 months in Corinth, doing the work which resulted in “many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized” (v. 8). A church took root; rather (as we shall see), a series of house churches, probably spread around the city, began to meet, worship, and learn what it means to be the Body of Christ. The several house churches were one church in Corinth, and for the time Paul was with them, everything seemed to go well.

But when Paul went to Ephesus, troubles began. He wrote 1 Corinthians to address certain issues, difficulties, and questions that were brought to him by visitors from Corinth. The tone of 1 Corinthians, with its focus on division, immaturity, immorality, neglect, and other matters, is stern and demanding. Paul expected better from these people he had served for a year and a half, and he let them know he was disappointed. But like a loving shepherd, he also walked them through their difficulties, reminded them of the grace of God, pointed them toward the Lord’s return, and urged them to stand firm in the faith.

Genesis is the foundation of the Bible. Understand what God is trying to teach us in this opening work and the rest of scripture becomes clear. Misunderstand it, and you’ll misunderstand everything else.

James begins with a blunt description of life in Christ and the challenges Christians face. Our trials are actually opportunities to do great things for the Lord, but are also opportunities for failure.

No excuses.

When the captivity of God’s people is truly restored, when God “brings back the captivity of His people” (Ps. 53.6), then joy and rejoicing will characterize His people, and the salvation of God will come roaring out from their midst to turn the world right-side up for Jesus.

Neither of these outcomes was much in evidence during the period following the return from Babylon—at least, not consistently or for very long. It would not be until the book of Acts that we see the outcomes David envisioned in Psalm 53. Neither of these outcomes is particularly evident in our day, either. Like the people returning from Babylon, we deceive ourselves if we think our true captivity is at an end. That will only be so when we are wholly, entirely, jubilantly, and obediently captive to Jesus in all our ways. How we can get from where we are to being restored from our present captivity is the theme of this series, “Return from Exile.”

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In this course, Perspectives on Prayer, we will consider the teaching of Scripture concerning prayer and its role in the life of faith. God intends prayer as the defining discipline of our walk with and work for the Lord. For too many of us, however, our prayers are something less than that.

We won’t take prayer more seriously, nor work at it harder, unless we first understand what God promises us in prayer. That we can come freely into the presence of God, and lay out our needs and requests to Him, is no mean privilege. Understanding what God promises when we turn to Him in prayer should encourage us to master this discipline and make good use of it.

Hebrews 4.16 encourages us to come boldly to the Lord in prayer, there to find mercy and grace to help in our time of need. In this one verse, the promise of prayer is revealed. Our task is to unpack, understand, and lay hold on that promise, so that we might become the kind of people whose lives are characterized by prayer without ceasing. For we will not realize more of the presence, promise, and power of the Kingdom of God unless prayer becomes the ambience and environment in which we live.

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Welcome to A Kingdom Vision, an extended series of studies designed to explore and unpack the vision of the Kingdom of God which operated in the minds of key Biblical figures.

Below, you will find the links to download the course materials. In addition, you will need a copy of the book Kingdom Ecosystems, which is available at the Ailbe store.

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