If you’re saying to yourself: “The second commandment is a breeze for me—I don’t own any totem poles”—remember, idolatry isn’t limited to worshiping statues. Pastor Colin talks about the many different disguises idolatry can wear.
Open the Bible is the teaching ministry of Pastor Colin Smith. Our mission is to use a broad array of modern media to help people around the world meet Jesus. We exist to open the Bible with people, help them open the Bible for themselves, and equip them to open the Bible with others so everyone everywhere can experience the transformative power of God’s Word.
Open the Bible is the teaching ministry of Pastor Colin Smith. Our mission is to use a broad array of modern media to help people around the world meet Jesus. We exist to open the Bible with people, help them open the Bible for themselves, and equip them to open the Bible with others so everyone everywhere can experience the transformative power of God’s Word.
The eighth commandment says, “You shall not steal. ” This definition will help you take in the challenge of this command: Stealing is trying to get as much as possible, while giving as little as possible. Pastor Colin fleshes this out more.
When you are climbing and you feel like you’re going to fall, you don’t need someone shouting at you, you need someone to show you where to put your foot so you can keep moving forward. Pastor Colin talks about how you can learn to walk in sexual purity.
Some would say that they’ve never really struggled with the seventh commandment: You shall not commit adultery, but Jesus made it very clear that this issue of purity includes even our thoughts. Pastor Colin talks about where the door of hope is… even when you’re purity has been compromised.
If you go through your whole life and never commit a murder, does that mean you’ve kept God’s command: You shall not murder? Pastor Colin talks about the applications Jesus made from the sixth commandment.
God makes an astonishing promise to his people: “I will restore the years that the locust has eaten.” In part one of Making Up for Lost Years, Pastor Colin talks about “the years that the locust has eaten. ”