Marriage and Family bible study part 3

Marriage and Family As we continue this Marriage & Family Bible study, let’s turn our attention to child rearing. The whole concept of child rearing is unique to human beings, and God specifically designed it this way. Unlike animals, who by God-given instinct can relatively quickly learn to walk, hunt,...

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Marriage and Family bible study part 2

Marriage and Family.  Building a Godly Marriage Genesis 1:27-28 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over...

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Marriage and Family Bible Study PART 1

Marriage and The Family Marriage. Family. These words conjure up happy and memorable feelings for some, but for others, they represent pain and disappointment. For most people, there is likely a combination of both positive and negative experiences as they reflect on marriage and family. As human beings, we long...

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Galatians Bible Study

Galatians Bible Study part 3

Galatians Deceptions of False Teachers 2 Peter 2:18-22 18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped[a] from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person...

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Galatians Bible Study

Galatians Bible Study Part 2

Galatians The central issue Paul is addressing throughout the book is the demand that false teachers are placing on Gentiles who have accepted Jesus Christ to be circumcised in order to become complete Christians. In fact, the act of physical circumcision represented the entering into a life of Judaism, which...

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Galatians Bible Study

Galatians Bible Study Part 1

Galatians The Apostle Peter, under the inspiration of God, wrote of the Apostle Paul, “our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which...

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baptism

Baptism

Baptism Baptism is an essential part of a Christian’s conversion. The Bible speaks of a few specific actions that occur in the process of moving from a state of “death” to a state of “life” in Jesus Christ. Hebrews 6:1-2 even refers to baptism as one of the fundamental doctrines...

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christmas story

The Christmas History. Is Christmas Christian?

The Christmas History. Is Christmas Christian? Why do we at Rock Valley Christian Church not teach the celebration of Christmas… especially since the world considers it the biggest Christian holiday of the year? How many verses are dedicated to the celebration of Christmas in the Old Testament and New Testament...

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