LHIM Weekly Bible Teaching

Who Told You That? Faith Is All You Need

Who Told You That? Faith Is All You Need

Bible version: REV (Revised English Version) True faith is a matter of the heart and is "trust" and "allegiance" to Jesus, which fundamentally changes how a person lives. This is contrary to the popular idea that "faith alone is all you need." While salvation is granted solely by grace ...
Who Told You That? The Saved Go To Heaven

Who Told You That? The Saved Go To Heaven

Bible version: NRSVUE (New Revised Standard Version Updated) The common view is that the saved go to heaven at death to be with Jesus and their loved ones. Although it’s not clear what we’ll do there, we know that we will enjoy eternal bliss. Problem 1: Going to heaven contradicts ...
Who Told You That? Hell Is a Place of Eternal Torture

Who Told You That? Hell Is a Place of Eternal Torture

Bible version: NRSVUE (New Revised Standard Version Updated) The common view of hell is that it is a place of separation from God where the unrighteous suffer eternal conscious torment (ECT) in a fire with no relief and no hope of escape. Problem 1: ECT contradicts scriptures that ...
Who Told You That? God Is Responsible for Everything That Happens

Who Told You That? God Is Responsible for Everything That Happens

Bible version: NASB-95 (New American Standard Bible-95) We can evaluate God and His actions rightly based upon the parameters He has given in the Scriptures about Himself. When someone says "God did this" or "God did that" we must see if it fits with what we know about God. Romans ...
Who Told You That? The Bible is Boring, Bigoted, & Backwards

Who Told You That? The Bible is Boring, Bigoted, & Backwards

Bible version: NET (New English Translation) Like the ancient texts in The Mummy, God’s “backwards” truths become the key to real victory and transformation. 1. The Bible is not Boring — It’s a Living Adventure The Bible is alive and powerful: “For the word of God is living and ...
Reaching the Lost

Reaching the Lost

Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good; Happy are those who take refuge in him. The lost are those who have yet to take refuge in God. They haven’t tasted and seen that Yahweh is good. These are the people we are called to reach. Luke 19:1-2 Zaccheus was a bad man, engaged ...
Progressive Revelation

Progressive Revelation

Phase 1: The Garden of Eden ( Gen 1:26; 2:17 ) God’s policies were minimal and simple: ( 1 ) have children, ( 2 ) rule the world, and ( 3 ) don’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Phase 2: The Old World ( Gen 4:26; 5:22 ) People invoked the name of God. Enoch walked ...
Fantastic 4 and Belonging in Christ

Fantastic 4 and Belonging in Christ

Fail forward and don’t expect things to work out the first or 20th time. Find your superpower and put it to work in the church. We need your light and the gifts that God placed in you! 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 A Family Forged in Crisis Romans 12:4-5 You have to be ready for ...
Superman and the Real Superpower

Superman and the Real Superpower

The works that the man Jesus did, we can do also—because like him, we have been given the spirit and the Word to empower us. Anything God asks of us, He makes possible. His power works in us to carry it out. John 14:12. Truly, truly - “Pay close attention—what I’m about to say is ...
Film Series 2: How to Train Your Dragon and Christian Love

Film Series 2: How to Train Your Dragon and Christian Love

Love Isn’t Always Easy. Love Costs Something. Love Sees Beyond the External. Love Isn’t Always Easy Loving someone can be risky and difficult. It takes vulnerability and can be hard. 1 Cor 13:4-7. Loving someone is easy when people are nice but can be quite a challenge when there ...
Film Series 1: Karate Kid and Christian Discipleship

Film Series 1: Karate Kid and Christian Discipleship

The Karate Kid movies and shows have resonated with people for more than four decades. One aspect that draws us to watching them is the desire we all have for a mentor or a student. Jesus was the ultimate Myagi, teaching and training his disciples throughout his ministry. Before ...
Power in His Name

Power in His Name

His name is far more than a label—it represents the power, presence, and authority of Jesus Himself. When Peter explained the healing of the lame man, he was essentially saying, 'It was the very person and power of Jesus, alive and active, that made this man whole.' John 16:23-27. We ...
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