In this lesson, we examine the call of Abram to leave his country and follow God. Specifically, we look to answer the following questions: Why did God call Abram? How did Abram respond? Why did Abram respond the way that he did? What ultimately motivated Abram? How ought we to be instructed by Abram’s example?
In this sermon, Pastor Babij examines Jesus’ parable of the growing seed. Pastor Babij explains how the parable describes the mysterious power of the Word of God, the secret but certain growth of the Kingdom of God, and the coming gathering and judgment in the Harvest of God.
In this sermon, Pastor Babij examines the Jesus’ Parable of the Lamp. In interpreting this parable, Pastor Babij explains what the lamp is and how it exposes what is hidden. He also explains the promises Jesus gives with this parable: a promise of more blessing to those who heed the message and a warning of loss to…
In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains what parables are, why Jesus used them, and what Jesus was teaching in the Parable of the Sower/ Parable of the Soils. This particular parable is very relevant for how we understand God’s role in salvation and our own experience as evangelists.
In this sermon, Pastor Babij shows that many in the crowds following Jesus during His earthly ministry did not actually believe in Him; some in the crowd just wanted miracles and freedom from Rome, others thought Jesus was insane, and still others claimed Jesus used demonic power. Pastor Babij explains Jesus’s response to these attitudes and what being a true…
In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains that no one has even been like Jesus Christ: no one was announced in the Old Testament like Jesus was, no one has a human pedigree like Jesus had, and no one displayed deity like Jesus did by rising from the dead. In light of Jesus’s supremacy, how should we respond?
In this lesson, we examine the call of Noah at the beginning of the Flood account in Genesis. We also look to answer two questions: Why did God have to send a flood to destroy the world? And was Noah spared from the Flood because of his good works?
In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains why viewing Jesus as a helpless or conquered human at the cross is totally inaccurate. Pastor Babij discusses six ways that Jesus’s supernatural power was demonstrated in His death so that we, too, might confess with the centurion, “Truly this was the Son of God!” (Matthew 27:54).
In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains how Jesus’s answer to the Pharisees regarding fasting actually points to a grand truth: salvation requires total submission to Jesus and His gospel; all other man-made religious traditions and ideas about God must be discarded.
In this lesson, we discuss the state of man’s heart in light of Adam’s fall and the rest of the Bible: is man basically good, evil, or malleable? We also examine whether any man is able to choose God on his own and how the doctrine of original sin should affect our presentations of the gospel today.