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Biblical evidence for a young earth Stay in the battle! Steve

Various ways students interpret Genesis 1: “Young Earth,” “Gap Theory,” “Day-Age,” “Theistic Evolution,” “Allegorical/Symbolic/Mythological/Poetic interpretation.” How Christians have become intimidated by Philosophical Naturalists. Some scientific evidence that points to a young earth. Stay in the battle! Steve Stay in the battle! Steve

Romans 7:14-25 has been a controversial passage for many centuries. This is part 2 of a two-part study, in which I attempt to clarify why I am convinced that the “minority” is the correct one. If you adhere to the “majority” interpretation, […]

Romans 7:14-25 has been a controversial passage for many centuries. In this two-part study, I attempt to clarify why I am convinced that the “minority” is the correct one. If you adhere to the “majority” interpretation, please don’t see this study so […]

10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me; 11 for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So then, the Law is holy, and the […]

7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not […]

But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter. (Romans 7:6) Stay in the battle! Steve

4 Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for […]

1 Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? 2 For the married woman is bound by law to her husband […]

This is a brief (~ 6-minute) excerpt from Steve’s introduction to Romans 7. It encourages Christians to be gracious when they find themselves disagreeing with other believers about secondary or tertiary issues.

1 Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? 2 For the married woman is bound by law to her husband […]

20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. 22 But […]

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in […]

And having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. (Romans 6:18) Stay in the battle!Steve

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed (Romans 6:17) Stay in the battle! Steve

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! 16 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom […]

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. (Romans 6:14) Stay in the Battle! Steve

And do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. Stay in the Battle! Steve

This is the seventh video designed to help Christians get better equipped to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others, as God gives us opportunities. This video focusses on the fifth outline topic, FAITH.

This is the Sixth video designed to help Christians get better equipped to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others, as God gives us opportunities. This video focusses on the fourth outline topic, CHRIST. Stay in the Battle! Steve

This is the fifth video designed to help Christians get better equipped to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others, as God gives us opportunities. This video focuses on the third outline topic, GOD. Stay in the Battle! Steve

This is the fourth video designed to help Christians get better equipped to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others, as God gives us opportunities. This video focusses on the second outline topic, MAN.

This is the third video designed to help Christians get a little better equipped to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others, as God gives us opportunities. This video focusses the Evangelism Explosion (EE) outline and the first outline topic, GRACE. […]

This is the second video designed to help Christians get a little better equipped to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others, as God gives us opportunities. This video focusses on the use and value of the two diagnostic questions as […]

This is the first in a series of Standing Firm Bible Study Class videos about how we can use the Evangelism Explosion method to get better equipped to share the Gospel when God gives us opportunities to do that. Stay in the […]

This is the 9th and final video in the Spiritual Gifts series. Previous videos may be watched from my Spiritual Gifts Playlist. Stay in the battle! Steve Spiritual Gifts Handouts

This is an overview of the motivational gift of mercy. The Biblical basis for this particular study of spiritual gifts can be found in the first two videos in the Spiritual Gifts playlist. Stay in the battle! Steve

This is an overview of the motivational gift of Organizing. The Biblical basis for this particular study of spiritual gifts can be found in the first two videos in the Spiritual Gifts playlist. Stay in the Battle! Steve

This is an overview of the motivational gift of Giving. The Biblical basis for this particular study of spiritual gifts can be found in the first two videos in the Spiritual Gifts playlist. Stay in the battle! Steve

This is the first of a three-part series by our pastor at Fairview Baptist Tabernacle in Sweetwater, TN, Jason Robertson. Pastor Jason has provided notes to teachers to use as we follow-up on his message of the previous week. I have scanned […]

This is an overview of the motivational gift of exhorting. The Biblical basis for this particular study of spiritual gifts can be found in the first two videos in the Spiritual Gifts playlist. Stay in the Battle! Steve

This is a brief overview of the motivational spiritual gift of teaching. To understand the Biblical basis for this approach to spiritual gifts, watch the first two videos in this series (Spiritual Gifts Part 1 and Spiritual Gifts Part 2). Stay in […]

This is a brief overview of the motivational spiritual gifts of prophecy and serving. To understand the Biblical basis for this approach to spiritual gifts, watch the previous two videos (Spiritual Gifts Part 1 and Spiritual Gifts Part 2) Stay in the […]

I previously posted this overview of the Blue Letter Bible to YouTube (https://youtu.be/q2jL22cKIjA). It’s a little different from my usual posts in that I simply did a screen record of my phone as I talked about different features of the BLB app. […]

The Categories of Spiritual Gifts. The valuable outcomes of understanding Spiritual Gifts. Keys to discovering our gift. Stay in the battle! Steve

God tells us, through Paul, “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.” (1 Corinthians 12:1) But far too many Christians are ignorant of these things! God wants us to understand what our gift is and know how to […]

13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. (Psalms 139:13-14) (The video that the […]

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also […]

“And do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness“ This is a Bible study that was shared in our Standing Firm class on September 1, 2024. To learn more about our class, check out […]

“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts” Stay in the Battle! Steve

After a break of one year from our Romans study, we are back in chapter 6. This is a kind of summary of some things that will happen to our lives when we truly get Romans 6:1-11 well-learned and internalized. Stay in […]

This is essentially a reproduced post of the Critical Theory post in the Veritas series. I am posting it primarily for the benefit of our Standing Firm Bible Study Class at Fairview Baptist Tabernacle Church in Sweetwater, TN. If you were present […]

Veritas 01 Introduction to Truth Bible study begins at the 3-minute mark (3:00). View the Standing Firm Bible Study Playlist Learn more about our class here Stay in the battle! Steve

Bible study begins at the 3-minute mark (3:00). View the Standing Firm Bible Study Playlist Learn more about our class here Stay in the battle! Steve

Romans 6:8-10 Jesus: Dead to Sin, Alive to God Bible study begins at the 3-minute mark (3:00). View the Standing Firm Bible Study Playlist Learn more about our class here Stay in the battle! Steve

Romans 6:5-7 Crucified With Him Bible study begins at the 3-minute mark (3:00). View the Standing Firm Bible Study Playlist Learn more about our class here Stay in the battle! Steve

Bible study begins at the 3-minute mark (3:00). View the Standing Firm Bible Study Playlist Learn more about our class here Stay in the battle! Steve

Bible study begins at the 3-minute mark (3:00). View the Standing Firm Bible Study Playlist Learn more about our class here Stay in the battle! Steve

Romans 6:1-11 The Likeness of His Resurrection Bible study begins at the 3-minute mark (3:00). View the Standing Firm Bible Study Playlist Learn more about our class here Stay in the battle! Steve

Romans 5:20-21 The Purpose of the Law Bible study begins at the 3-minute mark (3:00). View the Standing Firm Bible Study Playlist Learn more about our class here Stay in the battle! Steve