A foundational doctrine of the faith — explore linked teachings below.
James on Wealth, Poverty, and True Faith | James 1–2
Sep 24, 2026
Living faith rejects partiality and the love of money, fulfills the law of liberty through neighbor-love, and demonstrates grace through costly mercy toward the poor.
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 Word, Love, and Obedience | 1 John 2 Bible Teaching
Sep 6, 2026
Faithful Christian life joins trust in Christ's advocacy with repentance, obedience to God's word, brotherly love, rejection of worldliness, and holiness that begins in the home.
Proverbs 30:5: Every Word of God Is Pure and a Shield
Sep 5, 2026
Genuine faith in Christ comes to the light and is evidenced by obedience, receptiveness to correction, and practical love for fellow believers.
The Pride of Life: Rejecting the World | 1 John 2:15-16
Aug 30, 2026
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.
The Power of Personal Revelation | John 4:14-29
Aug 27, 2026
Personal revelation exposes sin, reveals Christ, enables Spirit-and-truth worship, and moves those who encounter the gospel to bear personal witness to the Redeemer.
The Tongue: A Serial Killer | James 3 Bible Teaching
Because words reveal the heart, direct conduct, affect others, and face divine judgment, believers must reject worldly values and discipline their speech through repentance and dependence on God.
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: The Woman at the Well and True Worship
Christ personally reveals truth, exposes the heart, and gives spiritual life through his words, leading receptive hearers to recognize his heavenly identity and submit to God’s authority.
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.
My Sin, My Darkness, My Unbelief | Acts 26 Bible Teaching
Aug 2, 2026
The teaching urges believers to confront their own sin, darkness, and unbelief, remember their personal accountability before Christ, receive God’s forgiveness, and die to sin in light of Christ’s death and resurrection.
Repentance, Wisdom, and a Clean Heart | Psalm 51 & Ezekiel 36
God uses Scripture, wise rebuke, and inward renewal to lead his people into continual repentance, humble dependence, and conduct that glorifies his name.
Christ Our Wisdom: Spiritual Mindedness and Life | Bible Teaching
Jul 30, 2026
Christ is God’s wisdom, and only God’s grace, Word, and Spirit can transform sinful hearts, produce obedient lives, and direct all glory to God.
Romans 8: Spiritual Wisdom and Separation from False Doctrine
Jul 26, 2026
Regeneration produces spiritual-mindedness, life, and peace, while wisdom-guided sanctification calls believers to guard their thoughts, sight, conduct, and fellowship from corrupting influences.
Love Not the World: 1 John 2:15-17 and Remember Lot's Wife
Believers must reject love of the passing world, remember Lot’s wife, walk in God’s light, and live personally and wholeheartedly for Christ.
Love Not the World | 1 John 2:15-17 Bible Teaching
Jul 20, 2026
Believers must reject worldly corruption, receive God’s enduring word with faith and repentance, pursue holiness and justice, and trust the Lord to preserve them from evil.
Isaiah 6: Why God Does Not Give Everyone Understanding
Jul 19, 2026
Believers must apply Scripture to themselves, depend on God for understanding, reject idolatrous customs, and pursue sanctification in worship and marriage through the word.
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.
Prepare Your Heart to Hear and Do God's Word | Bible Study Prayer
May 28, 2026
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.
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.
Joy in the Lord: Identifying the Enemies of the Soul
Apr 20, 2026
Believers must resist malice, unbelief, and worldly substitutes for joy by rejoicing continually in God, resting in his sovereignty, and finding strength and comfort in his 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.
Spiritual Warfare: Know Your Enemy | Isaiah 14:12-15
Apr 13, 2026
Believers must identify sin, self, Satan, and the world as their true enemies, resist temptation through Scripture and prayer, examine their own hearts, and stand together in Christ.
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.
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.