Kootenai Church Morning Worship

This passage provides further comfort to suffering saints by providing assurance that the pactum salutis, God's eternal plan of redemption, and all that arises from that plan, including the sanctifying trials of life, are for the sake of those of us who are believers in Christ. For this reason, we may trust completely in Christ not only for our ultimate salvation but in and through all of the otherwise mystifying events of our short lives on this planet. An exposition of 1 Peter 1:20-21. ★ Support this podcast ★

We are commanded to not despise God's discipline and to not despair under God's discipline. These are two extremes we should avoid in our responses to God's loving discipline. We look at four ways that believers despair under discipline. An exposition of Hebrews 12:5. ★ Support this podcast ★

Believers are warned against two opposite errors we may commit when facing God's discipline: despising it and despairing under it. In this passage we look at some ways we show a light regard for God's discipline in our lives. An exposition of Hebrews 12:5. ★ Support this podcast ★

Discipline is essential for the child of God. Running our race requires us to embrace God's discipline knowing that He disciplines us out of love and intends our good through it. An exposition of Hebrews 12:4-5. ★ Support this podcast ★

Discipline is essential for the child of God. Running our race requires us to embrace God's discipline knowing that He disciplines us out of love and intends our good through it. An exposition of Hebrews 12:4-5. ★ Support this podcast ★

Discipline is essential for the child of God. Running our race requires us to embrace God's discipline knowing that He disciplines us out of love and intends our good through it. An exposition of Hebrews 12:4-5. ★ Support this podcast ★

Christian hospitality has fallen from prominence by the mistaken assumption that it is a spiritual gift. But when we examine the Scriptures we find that hospitality is not a gift but a duty through which we express our love for the brethren. ★ Support this podcast ★

The self-humbling work of Christ in the incarnation is an example of selfless humility for those who follow Him. An exposition of Philippians 2:3-11. ★ Support this podcast ★

We are called to consider the example of Jesus in His suffering. We see in Him One Who endured greater suffering and injustice than us. He has received the reward. We must set our minds upon the reward that is to come for our suffering. Those who bear the reproach of faith will receive the reward of Faith. An exposition of Hebrews 12:3. ★ Support this podcast ★

Jesus endured the reproach of sinners while looking to the exaltation that was to follow His suffering. In that way, He is an example of faith for us. We are called to follow the same example, embracing faith's reproach so that we might receive faith's reward. An exposition of Hebrews 12:1-3. ★ Support this podcast ★

Jesus is the believer's example. We are to fix our eyes on Him who is the Author and Perfecter of Faith. An exposition of Hebrews 12:1-3. ★ Support this podcast ★

Paul reminds the believers at Thessalonica that he wishes to come back to them but meanwhile, he prayed for them that their love for one another and for all others would increase and abound and that the Thessalonian church would be unblamable. An exposition of 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13. ★ Support this podcast ★

When a large rock is thrown into a pond, the ripple effects can be both dramatic and extensive.  When we understand that “all Scripture is God-breathed” (the sole infallible rule of faith for the people of God) the implications are likewise massive and far-reaching. An exposition of 2 Timothy 3:10-17. ★ Support this podcast ★

We are encouraged to fix our eyes on Jesus as we run our race. He is the ultimate exemplar of faith, whose example strengthens us. He is the initiator and perfecter of our faith. An exposition of Hebrews 12:1-3. ★ Support this podcast ★

Every believer has a race marked out for them. A gracious and loving providence has ordained our course and the Captain of our Salvation bids us to run. Facing difficulties requires endurance. We are to run so as to receive the prize. An exposition of Hebrews 12:1-3. ★ Support this podcast ★

God and God alone is the active agent in our salvation. Therefore all glory goes to Him for our redemption and deliverance from His wrath. An exposition of Ephesians 2:4. ★ Support this podcast ★

The life of faith is compared to a race. The author encourages his readers to run their race with endurance persevering through trials for the reward that is to come. An exposition of Hebrews 12:1-3. ★ Support this podcast ★

The life of faith is compared to a race. The author encourages his readers to run their race with endurance persevering through trials for the reward that is to come. An exposition of Hebrews 12:1-3. ★ Support this podcast ★

A survey of the entire 12th chapter of Hebrews. Showing the connection to the context and the author's argument for faith in chapters 10 & 11. An exposition of Hebrews 12. ★ Support this podcast ★

The author concludes his discussion of faith and his survey of OT heroes with this reminder that their faith anticipated the fulfillment of a promise. That fulfillment has brought something better to us and secured our ultimate reward together with them. An exposition of Hebrews 11:39-40. ★ Support this podcast ★