In this sermon, Pastor Babij examines Jesus’ return to Nazareth, Jesus’ hometown. Pastor Babij explains how the town’s inhabitants, as they continually question and take offense at Jesus, actually display the most heinous sin of all before God. Pastor Babij also points out how many today are just like the people of Nazareth and explains how Christians ought…
In this final lesson of the biblical archaeology survey, David Capoccia answers questions about Patterns of Evidence: Exodus, discusses the importance of seal impressions for confirming biblical persons archaeologically, and presents archaeological findings related to Nebuchadnezzar II, Belshazzar, and Cyrus the Great.
Are you a biblical giver? In this sermon, Khaleef Crumbley examines the apostle Paul’s teaching regarding giving in 2 Corinthians 8:1-7. There, Paul uses the example of the Macedonian believers to encourage and instruct the Corinthian church. Khaleef Crumbley explains how the Macedonians are also examples for us as the Macedonians display ten characteristics of…
In this sermon, Pastor Babij identifies the fundamental problem with most people’s understanding of salvation: they start with what Jesus accomplished on the cross instead of the glorious character of God. As a result, most people create a false version of God in their minds and do not take their spiritual condition very seriously. To correct this…
What analogy best describes the Christian life? In his sermon, Greg Ho examines the analogy used by Paul in Romans 6:15-23: slavery to Jesus Christ and His grace. From the passage, Greg Ho explains four characteristics of every slave of God: an eager obedience to God’s Word, aggressiveness in good works, a motivation to attain a well-lived life,…
In this lesson, David Capoccia discusses biblical archaeology related to the time of Israel’s being taken into captivity. Specifically, David Capoccia discusses Assyria’s and Babylon’s invasions of Judah. These historical events written about in the Bible are confirmed and further described through findings at Tel Lachish, Sennacherib’s palace relief sculptures, Hezekiah’s Broad Wall and Water Tunnel, the…
Do you ever wish you were rich, or at least a little richer? Do you find yourself content in the treasures of this world? Or are you constantly looking to treasures in the next world? In this sermon, David Capoccia examines Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount regarding where we should amass treasures.…
In this lesson, David Capoccia finishes sampling archaeology from the judges period and begins examining important archaeological finds from the time of Israel’s kings. Specifically, David Capoccia examines: the temple of Shechem described in Judges 9, the Tel Dan Stele, the Mesha Stele, and the fortress city of Khirbet Qeiyafa. The latter finds are especially important…
In this sermon, Pastor Babij examines the importance of the Lord’s Table ordinance. Pastor Babij explains how the rite is designed for baptized believers in that it causes the participant to look backward at what Christ accomplished, look inward at one’s own present walk with Christ, and look forward to a glorious future with Christ at the…
In this lesson, David Capoccia examines the strengths and weaknesses of the two proposed sites for the ruins of Sodom. David Capoccia also briefly examines two pieces of archaeological evidence from the time of Israel’s judges: the Amarna Letters and the Merneptah Stele.