“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple… 33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:26-27, 33 We find time to play our games, convinced that God wants us to make sure we have an overabundance of leisure t

Sunday School Lesson “Jesus Provides Bread from Heaven” July 23, 2017 Matthew 14:13-21 Quick Facts: Miracles violate the normal laws of nature; they are unexpected and unexplainable. The “Feeding of the 5000” is the only miracle recorded in each of the four Gospels This miracle incorporated Divine power with human participation. Unlike many of Jesus’ miracles, He used the disciples to complete the miraculous process. Pastor’s Notes: This miracle does not lend itself to tricke

Sunday School Lesson “Jesus Turns Water to Wine” July 16, 2017 John 2:1-12 Quick Facts: Miracles violate the normal laws of nature; they are unexpected and unexplainable. Jesus’ act of turning water to wine does not in any way embrace the consumption of alcohol; however, it does raise the discussion of “what is permissible?” Pastor’s Notes: This was the first miracle after the calling of the disciples, and may have been more for them than it was for the marriage celebration (

Sunday School Lesson “The Wicked Tenants” July 9, 2017 Matthew 21:33-46 Quick Facts: Jesus often used parables, earthly illustrations, to teach spiritual truths. Parables are illustrations, word pictures, and stories familiar to the hearer’s context meant to reveal spiritual truths and scriptural principals. The parable of the “Wicked Tenants” is in response to the question, “by what authority do you (Jesus) do these things?”(Mt. 23:23). The question was not a serious inquiry