Lighthouse Bible Studies

Philemon: Don’t exclude forgiveness from the good that you do to brothers and sisters in Christ.

v.1-5      Have faith toward Jesus and love for all the saints.

v.6-7      Let the good that is in you because of your faith, be expressed to the saints.

v.8-11    Be profitable to those who were once unprofitable to you.

v.12-14  Be gracious to those who have wronged you.

v.15-17  Receive the person with love and respect.

v.18-19  Put what anyone owes you against ...

The Bible tells us that God made an old covenant (a framework for a relationship) and a new one. The book of Hebrews tells us that Jesus is the Mediator of the new covenant, the Person who is the “Go-Between,” between us and God. He administrates the new covenant, that is, He works in our lives to make the fullness of it, a possessed reality. The details of that covenant are ...

1 John Ch. 3 Choose your abiding place:

abiding in God, in love, and in righteousness brings life and assurance;

abiding in sin, in the world, and in the devil brings death.

v.1      Because of His love for us, God has called us to an identity and reality in Him that the world doesn’t understand or value—being His children.

v.2-3   As a child of God, aspire to have purity like your Father’s, and do your part of realizing it.

v.4-6  Choose to abide in Jesus in whom there is no sin, because to the extent that you 

Ephesians Ch. 5 Choose the pathways through life and observe the boundaries that are fitting for children of God.

v.1         Reflect in your walk, your Father’s heart and character.

v.2         Walk in Christ’s quality of love, which is an offering that is well pleasing to God.

v.3-5      Don’t violate God’s boundaries in deeds, desires, or words.

v.6-7      Don’t let anyone persuade you that walking in disobedience to God isn’t dangerous and costly.

v.8-10    Walk as children of light in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Revelation Ch.s 2 and 3  Instructions and encouragment for believers today:

What can we learn from Hebrews Ch. 11, about the life that God wants us to live?

Hebrews Chapter 11 Live by great faith.

v.1-3      A life of faith becomes a testimony of things which are not visible.

v.4-6      Offer to God a life that is pleasing to Him.

v.7-12     Act on what God tells you to do, and live as having seen the fulfillment of His promises.

v.13-16   Live as strangers and pilgrims on the earth, desiring a better, that is, a heavenly homeland.

v.17-19  Withhold nothing ...

Colossians Ch. 3 Center your walk on pleasing and serving Christ with these six practices.

v.1-4 Set your mind on things above, where Christ is, not on things on the earth.

v.5-9 Put off the old man with his deeds and attitudes.

v.10-14 Put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Christ.

v.15-17 Follow the counsel of three personal guides ...

Love is Christ’s Driving Force

 In 2010, my family and I attended the International Christian Retail Show, where Christian book publishers … promote their new products to retailers. As writers, we wanted to see how the book promotion process worked.

Giant posters decorated the halls of the convention center like murals. One of them promoted The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Aslan the lion with his golden mane and piercing eyes dominated the center of the poster. His face ...