Abraham is one of the most fascinating people in the Bible to study. He's considered to be "the father of the faith" because he blazes the path of faith and obedience for us all to follow. As the Apostle Paul says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness" (Romans 4:3). He lived such an incredible life of abandoning everything to God. God called him out of Ur, pointed His finger west, and told Abraham, "Go that way," and Abraham did it God changed his name, and for 25 years Abraham told everyone he was the father of many nations, though he'd had no children God...

The book of I Corinthians was written by the Apostle Paul. Four years earlier he had spent eighteen months in Corinth. Since he planted the church, they knew him and he knew them. They were his "baby" and he was their "father." He thought about them and prayed for them constantly. But the apostle received a disturbing report of some serious issues going on within the church, so he and the Holy Spirit wrote them a letter addressing these specific matters. The reason I Corinthians is so profitable for us today is because churches today haven't changed a whole lot from churches then. They faced...

One of the most famous men who ever lived was Samson. What boy ever grew up not wanting what he had: women and muscles? Yet, the account of Samson is not a jolly, happy, feel-good story. A study of his life is filled with incredible lessons and applications to our own lives, but the man was truly a dichotomy, an enigma, an unsolvable puzzle. Appointed and called before birth, Samson was Anointed by the Spirit with super-human strength, and yet, for all obvious appearances, he was a carnal sex-hound with hardly a consideration of God in his life. I've studied him and written this book, but I...

The Book of Ephesians is a powerful revelation of the spiritual riches and blessings we have in Christ. Those things that were hidden in types and shadows throughout the ages were revealed and released when Christ came. Ephesians tells us over and over, from several different angles, how very blessed we are as saints of the living God, and how God is the Author of all these many wonderful blessings to us As we study these six chapters verse by verse, we'll discover how we are seated with Christ in heavenly places; how we who were once dead in our sins are alive in Christ; how Christ has...