A foundational doctrine of the faith — explore linked teachings below.
Examine Yourself: Are You in the Faith? | 2 Corinthians 13
Sep 20, 2026
Believers must examine whether their profession of Christ is confirmed by obedient works, disciplined speech, impartial love, and holy separation from the world.
He Who Speaks Is to Be Trusted | Trusting God in Scripture
Because God and his word are trustworthy, genuine faith must unite hearing, speech, merciful action, impartial love, and obedience under the law of liberty.
Examine Yourself: Faith, Trials, and the Tongue | James 1
Sep 17, 2026
Believers must reject gossip and every enticement to idolatry, correct sin openly, receive and obey God’s Word, and give exclusive worship to the one God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Serve the Lord With Gladness: Psalm 100 and Taming the Tongue
Sep 13, 2026
Jesus’ wise response in Luke 20 and the church’s prayer show the need for disciplined speech, confession, Spirit-guided understanding, endurance in trials, and mutual care.
God's Revelation: Trusting His Word and Appointed Time
Sep 10, 2026
God is known through his sovereign revelation in creation, Scripture, conscience, and his Son, requiring believers to trust his timing, receive Scripture as unified, and reject worldly understanding.
The Pride of Life, Giving, and Loving the World | 1 John 2
Sep 6, 2026
Because life and worldly goods are passing away, believers must reject pride, submit to God, and give themselves, their compassion, time, knowledge, and resources in active love.
The Holy Spirit Convicts: Confession, Truth, and Freedom
Aug 30, 2026
God's word and Spirit awaken the conscience to expose sin, calling the sinner to truthful confession, forgiveness, cleansing, and worship in spirit and truth.
The Pride of Life: Rejecting the World | 1 John 2:15-16
The pride of life trusts possessions and self-directed plans, whereas disciples must reject worldly covetousness, depend on God’s providence, pursue his kingdom, and practice contented generosity.
Keep to the Narrow Way | Deny Yourself and Follow Christ
Aug 23, 2026
Salvation rests entirely on Christ’s completed work and God’s grace through faith, while repentance, obedience, endurance, and good works necessarily flow from belonging to Christ.
John 4:48 Explained: Signs, Wonders, and Genuine Faith
Aug 16, 2026
This Bible study calls believers to trust Christ’s word before signs, confess unbelief, study Scripture carefully, and see Jesus’ cross as the fulfillment of God’s written purpose.
Psalm 51: True Repentance, Sin, and a Broken Heart
Aug 9, 2026
Psalm 51 teaches that true repentance personally confesses and mourns sin, seeks God’s cleansing and restoration, and produces humble worship and a credible witness.
The Sin Behind Us and Before Us | Isaiah 43:25 Bible Teaching
Aug 7, 2026
God removes the guilt of forgiven sin, yet believers must still confess their sins, accept personal responsibility, resist temptation, and press toward holiness in Christ.
Remembering Our Evil Ways | Ezekiel 36:31 & Psalm 51
Aug 6, 2026
The Holy Spirit causes renewed believers to remember and recognize their own evil ways so that they remain repentant, humble, obedient, and dependent upon God’s mercy.
Repentance, Wisdom, and a Clean Heart | Psalm 51 & Ezekiel 36
Aug 2, 2026
God uses Scripture, wise rebuke, and inward renewal to lead his people into continual repentance, humble dependence, and conduct that glorifies his name.
Love Not the World: James 4 and 1 John 2:14-17
Jul 30, 2026
Believers must reject the world’s sinful desires, pride, and unjust conduct, humbly submit to God, repent personally, and do his enduring will.
Draw Near to God: The Power of Preaching | James 4:8
Jul 24, 2026
God uses preaching, especially the preaching of the cross, to call sinners near, humble human wisdom, and accomplish His marvelous work despite spiritual blindness.
Romans 5:12: Sin, Wisdom & the Developing Mind
Jun 29, 2026
Human beings are not born with godly wisdom; because sin and death entered through Adam, all must be taught wisdom and find true wisdom in Christ crucified.
Christian Discipline: Doctrine, Purity of Life, and Fellowship
Jun 21, 2026
Believers must discipline themselves through Scripture, abide in Christ’s doctrine, pursue holiness and love, resist false teaching, and remain steadfast in obedient faith.
Preparing the Heart for Bible Study | Repentance, Truth & Faith
Jun 18, 2026
Faithful church discipline requires repentance, sustained biblical instruction, and separation from persistent error, especially error that denies God's sovereign grace in regeneration and justification.
Biblical Church Discipline and the Warning Against Seduction
Jun 10, 2026
The church must confront persistent sin under Christ’s authority through a patient, biblical process aimed at repentance, restoration, holiness, and peace.
Luke 17:1-6 | Faith Obeys and Forgiveness
May 28, 2026
Luke 17 calls disciples to avoid causing others to stumble, forgive those who repent repeatedly, and exercise a faith that obeys Christ’s commands.
Prepare Your Heart to Hear and Do God's Word | Bible Study Prayer
Because falsehood and sin spread destructively, believers must rely on Christ’s saving work, study Scripture faithfully, reject error, pursue holiness, and persevere in obedient truth.
Narrow Hodos Bible Study: Repentance, Obedience, and Truth
May 7, 2026
Believers must repent, obey Scripture, preserve sound doctrine, and follow Christ above every competing relationship, regardless of suffering or opposition.
Job 23:10 | Trusting God Through Every Trial of Faith
May 3, 2026
Believers must endure trials under God’s watchful sovereignty, comfort themselves through Scripture, pursue sanctification, and remain steadfast in the sound doctrine of Christ.
Count It All Joy in Trials | James 1 Bible Teaching
Apr 30, 2026
Believers are called to rejoice in God-ordained trials because tested faith produces patience, endurance, hope, and steadfast Christian faithfulness.
Morning Prayer for Obedience, Repentance, and Faithfulness
Apr 26, 2026
True profession of Christ is evidenced by repentance, obedient fruit, and acceptance of costly discipleship under God’s sovereign calling rather than pursuit of human approval.
Be Doers of the Word: Repentance & Obedience
Apr 23, 2026
True faith rests on Christ and Scripture, rejects human tradition as supreme, and bears fruit through repentance, holiness, and daily obedience to God’s Word.
Morning Bible Study: Walking in the Narrow Way Through God's Word
Apr 19, 2026
Believers must repent, reject pride and human tradition, receive biblical correction, and submit their minds and lives to Christ’s narrow way through the Spirit’s help.
Repent, Obey, and Stand for Truth | Bible Teaching & Prayer
Apr 16, 2026
God’s mercy and Christ’s redeeming blood call believers to sincere repentance, continual thanksgiving, steadfast faith, and immediate obedience to Scripture.
Repentance, Obedience & the Narrow Way | Bible Teaching
Apr 12, 2026
True discipleship requires daily repentance, self-denial, immediate obedience to Scripture, trust in God’s sovereignty, and perseverance in the narrow way despite correction and opposition.
A Prayer for Repentance, Obedience, and Walking in God's Word
Apr 9, 2026
Justification is freely given through faith in Christ, while genuine discipleship is marked by daily repentance, self-denial, scriptural obedience, generosity, and humble submission to God.
Deny Yourself and Follow Christ | Bible Study on Obedience
Mar 29, 2026
God’s covenant people must honor his name through wholehearted obedience, receiving correction and affliction as calls to confess sin, repent, and return to his revealed way.
Children of God or Children of the Devil? | Jude Bible Study
Mar 28, 2026
A Bible study arguing that God’s children are sovereignly born again, elected, sanctified, and conformed to Christ, while rejecting free-will salvation claims.
Genesis 1:26 - The Image of God & the Soul's Faculties
The teaching calls believers back to the beginning: God’s image, righteous conduct, brotherly love, self-examination, and rejection of Cain-like hatred and sin.
Predestination & Sovereignty of God | Romans 7 Teaching
The teaching warns that depraved nature, carnal reasoning, and satanic suggestion resist God’s Word, while grace teaches believers to submit to Scripture and the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 6: Who Will Inherit the Kingdom of God?
To live in Jesus’ name is to trust his saving person, submit every word and deed to his authority, and love others concretely through the power of the Spirit of truth.
Conditional Promises, New Covenant Israel & Exodus 19
Exodus 19:5 shows that Israel’s covenant privileges required obedience, while the law exposes sin but cannot justify or give the inward life supplied through the new-covenant Spirit.
Titus 2: False Doctrine, Apostasy, and Sound Doctrine
Sound doctrine must produce holiness, mature discipleship, attentive reception of biblical preaching, and concrete obedience rather than merely nominal Christian identity.
Why God Must Humble Us | Biblical Teaching on Humility
True humility cannot be self-produced; God must work it in us, often through circumstances that bring us to repentance.