Want to learn more about Glimpses of God? Use these Bible Studies for personal devotion, group Bible studies, or teaching a church class. Below are links to the lessons in this 13-part series.
Introduction: When I first started using computers I was frustrated. I wanted to know how they worked internally. Anyone can type and print a document, just like anyone can drive a car. But, what is happening "under the hood?" To answer that question I did some...
Introduction: Last week I wrote that you were not a Christian if you did not believe in the Trinity. By that I meant a Christian must believe that Jesus is fully God. This week we study another central teaching of the Bible - that God spoke the world into existen...
Introduction: Imagine that you are a mugger. You get excitement from hitting people over the head, and you profit from stealing their money. Imagine further two alternatives. First, that the police, if they catch you, simply ask you to apologize, and then they let...
Introduction: This week we study two aspects of our God: grace and judgment. If you read a few texts about judgment - and most refer to a judgment based on works - you might begin to wonder how grace and judgment can fit comfortably within the same gospel. In fac...
Introduction: The Bible tells us repeatedly that God is holy. What does that mean? This is not a question meant only to tickle our mind, because God commands us in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible to be holy as He is holy. ( 1 Peter 1:15-16; Leviticus...
Introduction: Our previous study was the book of Galatians, and that gave us an attitude of "law versus grace." Such an attitude will lead us astray unless we open our eyes to the bigger picture. Look around the world at the countries governed by law and compare t...
Introduction: Last week we discussed that God's law is intended to be a blessing to humans, not something to trip us up. One great blessing of the law is the Sabbath. When I was in law school, the competition was fierce. Not only was law school inherently a lot of...
Introduction: What is "Creation Care?" I shower daily, brush my teeth twice a day, floss, eat and exercise. Is that the sum of creation care? If you say that is too narrow a look at creation, I will tell you that I mow my lawn when needed and trim the bushes aro...
Introduction: One of the most interesting topics is the apparent conflict between human free-will and the foreknowledge of God. This is not one of those subjects that is fun to debate, but makes absolutely no difference in life. Instead, this is an issue that goe...
Introduction: How is your prayer life? If you are like me, I've struggled over the years with exactly how I should pray. These days, I think that I am in some sense "in tune" with God during much of the day. It is hard to describe, but it is looking for what Go...
Introduction: Think about looking at a beautiful painting, a beautiful sunset, a beautiful vista, a beautiful car or a beautiful person. How can we say all of these are beautiful? They have more differences than similarities. What is it about them that we call b...
Introduction: This week we take another glimpse into God's character and consider another improbable creation: romantic love. Last week we looked at beauty, and considered how a car, a person, a painting and a vista could all be beautiful. We decided that what b...
Introduction: Silly scientists. They keep making failed predictions about the end of the world. When one prediction turns out to be wrong, they make another based on some different event. When I was young, they predicted an ice age where life would freeze. When I...
