We are covering chapter 4 in our study this week. Please answer questions 1-5 on pages 31-35. I have included a commentary and a great sermon by John MacArthur which is just fantastic. It is a battle for us men to be sexually pure and I hope this encourages you. Read More...

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

We are going to be covering questions 6-12 on pages 19-21. The text we are focusing on will be Psalms 19:7-14. It describes the importance and authority of God’s Word. Great stuff. Read More...

Hello Everyone,

Here are some great commentaries and a sermon by Spurgeon for this weeks lesson. I hope you enjoy. We will be covering questions 6-12 in Chapter one called a “Vibrant Church”.
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Here is our last week in 1 John. What an awesome book God has written to us to know the joy of Him and our eternity with Him.

We are going to cover Lesson 11. Read More...

We are continuing at a blistering pace. This week we will be covering Lesson 10 1 John 5:1-12. I have included a sermon and notes by John MacArthur. Enjoy! Read More...

We are cruising right along in our study of 1 John. This week we will be covering Lesson 9 on pages 95-101. I have included a couple of commentaries for this weeks lesson.
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What another powerful message Pastor John gave this weekend. If you missed it I would highly suggest downloading it from here.

This week we are going to be covering lesson 8 in our study guide. We will be reading 1 John 3:11-24 and answering all the questions on pages 87-93. Again more convicting scripture for us to cover.

I have included a sermon by John Piper. His sermon helps us understand whether we are in the faith or not. Great stuff. Read More...

What a powerful message Pastor John gave us this weekend kicking off our new study of Joshua. I am really excited for it.

Something for you to ponder. In Joshua 1:7-8 God makes a promise to Joshua. Does that promise to Joshua apply to us today or was it only for Joshua. Pastor John made a great point that he said these promises are parallel for us today as Christians. I can’t wait to learn more and more and how these promises are applied. Anyways I digress.

This week we are on Lesson 7 of 1 John. This week should cause you a bit of uncomfortableness. It is one of those places in scripture that we need to wrestle with to understand. The keyword for me is “practices” as John talks about sin. Hope you enjoy the study and I have provided a sermon this week from John Piper. Read More...

Hope everyone had a great weekend. I can’t believe we are done with Acts and moving onto Joshua on Sunday mornings. I can’t wait to see God use John in presenting His message to us.

This week we are going to be studying who is an Antichrist. Good stuff. We will be doing lesson 6 in the workbook on pages 69-77. I have included a John MacAurthur sermon and the Bible Knowledge Commentary. Enjoy!! Read More...

I can’t believe we are in Lesson 5 already. We are going to be covering pages 59-67 this week and the scripture we will be looking at is 1 John is 2:12-17. Let us pray that we are not of the world! But lights shinning in it and that we are really just aliens(sojourners) on our way home.

I have two great sermons by John MacArthur on today’s scripture. One on spirtiual grown and the second one why Christians should not love the world. Both are excellent. Read More...

How awesome is this study through 1 John. There is so much meat to this sections of scripture it is incredible. I hope you are all enjoying it and as always it is such a pleasure to be surrounded by godly men.

This week we will be covering Lesson 4 1 John 2:3-11. Read More...

Hope everyone is doing well. We are going to be covering all of Lesson 3 this week. Please answer questions 1-15 on pages 37-47. In all honesty we will probably only get through the first 8. Look forward to seeing everyone! I have included two commentaries to help you in your studies.
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We are onto the next study after a 1.5 years of studying Genesis which was an absolute blessing. We are entering the book of 1 John. This is one powerful book in the Bible. Well instead of a ton of reading to do for each study it will be much smaller chunks but we will be diving in much much deeper into God’s Word. Our first study is only going to cover the first 4 verses.

We will be covering pages 27-36 (entire chapter) in the workbook and cover the following verses 1 John 1:1-4.

Here are some helpful commentaries for this portion of scripture.
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I hope everyone had a great Mothers Day over the weekend. We had a complete blast going down to Laguna Beach after the service on sunday and enjoyed the sunshine and the surf. I can't believe we are going to be wrapping up Genesis in a few weeks. It doesn't seem like it has been a year since we started.

We continue to dive a little deeper into the story of Joseph. We are going to be covering questions 6-10 on pages 194-197. Can't wait to see everyone this week.

***Check out the bottom of this page to see the parallels of Jesus and Joseph. It is pretty awesome!!!*** Read More...

Sorry for missing last week but it was just one of those weeks for me. I had to move about 3000 pounds of networking and server equipment and get it up and running in 36 hours. Then I went to Fish Fest and I was wiped out. Anyways this week we go back to the story of Joseph and take a little deeper look into him and his family.

We will be covering questions 1-5 on pages 191-193.

Oh and by the way the next study is going to be on 1 John. I can't wait for it! Read More...

Well we are overloaded with a ton of reading. We are going to be covering questions 5-10 on pages 180-185. Since there is so much reading I will be posting summary type of commentaries on chapters 41-48.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and I am really looking forward to this weeks study.

One other note "Hutch" will be speaking on April 30 at the Wednesday morning breakfast. If you have never heard him preach you have missed out. I encourage you to do whatever you can to make it out that morning. I promise you will be blessed. Read More...

We have come a long way over the past year in our study of Genesis and it has been such a blessing to study through Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We are now entering into the amazing life of Joseph. He is one of those individuals who exemplifies what it means to walk with the Lord through any trial. His faithfulness is just beyond belief and is something for each of us to consider in our own lives.

We will be starting lesson 17 and answer questions 1-4 on pages 176-179.

Instead of posting commentaries for each of the questions I think this sermon from John Piper is very powerful and hopefully will give you some insight into the life of Joseph. Read More...

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We are going to be wrapping up the Patriarchs this week and next week we will be taking a look at the life of Joseph. It is an awesome account of a godly man. However, this week we are going to take a final look at Jacob's life and his final return to Bethel after a disastrous stay in Shechem.

We will be answering questions 11-17 on pages 171-174. Hope to see you all this week, it always such a blessing when we get together to study God's word.
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This week we are going to be continuing in Genesis 32:1-36:43. We will look at Jacob facing Esau and his detour to Schechem. Please answer questions 6-10 on pages 168-171.

Question 6
Examine the way Jacob-Israel treats Esau in 33:1-17. In what ways does he act like the old deceiver Jacob, and in what ways do you see growth in him?
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We are going to be looking at how Jacob became Israel in this next Lesson. We will be answering questions 1-5 on pages 165-168.

Since I am a little short on time I am just going to be John Calvin's commentaries. There is a lot here so you can pick and choose what you would like to use. Read More...

We are going to be wrapping up lesson 15 this week. Again there is a lot to cover but I believer there are some great blessings in this study. We are going to be answering questions 10-13 on pages 162-164. Hope everyone has a blessed week!

If you missed these two pdf's from a few weeks ago you might want to check them out also.

Here are two great outlines of Jacob's story by Allen P. Ross.

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This week we continue diving into Jacob's life, both his triumphs and his failures. We will be covering questions 5-9 on pages 160 and 161. Question 8 in this weeks study is quite interesting covering the sins of our fathers and what impacts do they have on us today? Think about Romans 5:19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. I have included a sermon by John Piper on this particular subject.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and as always I can't wait for this weeks study. Read More...

This week we will begin lesson 15 taking a much deeper look into the life of Jacob who becomes Israel. There is a lot of reading to do but I believe you will be blessed with it. We are going to be covering questions 1-4 on pages 157-159. Read More...

This week we will be continuing looking at the life of Jacob. Please answer questions 13-16 in Chapter 14 on pages 154-155.

Since I am short on time this week please review the following article by J. Vernon McGee. Thanks Neil for the Article

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This week study covers a very interesting question about Esau and Jacob in Romans 9. Everything about the Gospel message is wrapped up in this account. I have included 3 of John Pipers sermons on this subject because I believe it is really important for us to understand the complexities of this passage We are covering questions 7-12 on pages 151-154. There is a ton of information here sorry for the information overload. Read More...

We are in the final stretch of our Genesis study. It was a lot of fun seeing all the MOB groups come together and all the new people who are joining. We have a lot of good material to go over in the coming months.

This week we are going to starting lesson 14 answering Questions 1-6 on pages 149-151.

1. When famine threatened Isaac. What did God say to him 26:1-5? Read More...

I hope everyone is staying healthy, I know the flu has been going around and my wife is down with it now.

This week we are going to be covering Abraham's death. We will be reading in Genesis 25:1-11 and answering question 14 and 15 on pages 146 and 147. I have included study notes for each of the questions. There is a lot here but if you are struggling with any of these questions it should help you out. Read More...

This week we are going to be looking at the continued promise of God. It is an interesting question why Abraham wanted to be bury Sarah in Canaan instead of Mesopotamia but it all has to do with God's sovereign will. The second question we will be examining is the story of Rebekah and who she is in the continued account of the Patriarchs.

We will continue with lesson 13 answering questions 12 and 13 on pages 145 and 146. Read More...

What a study Genesis has been. I can't believe it has been a full year studying it and we are only half way through the book! This week we will continue in Lesson 13 answering questions 6-11 on pages 143 and 144.

Here is some information on the following questions. There is some really good stuff on how Isaac is a shadow and type of Jesus. Great stuff! Read More...

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. I have really missed meeting with my MOB group these last two weeks and I am ready to get back in the swing of things.

This week we are going to be reading Chapters 22-25 in Genesis and answering questions 1-5 in lesson 13.

I have attached a sermon by George Whitefield 1714-1770. This sermon has a lot of good nuggets in it. I am also attaching at the bottom of this page some other commentaries on the specific verses in Chapter 22.

Genesis 22:12 - "And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy Son, thine only Son from me."

The great Apostle Paul, in one of his epistles, informs us, that "whatsoever was written aforetime was written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the holy scripture might have hope." And as without faith it is impossible to please God, or be accepted in Jesus, the Son of his love; we may be assured, that whatever instances of a more than common faith are recorded in the book of God, they were more immediately designed by the Holy Spirit for our learning and imitation, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Read More...

Sorry for the late updated but things have been pretty crazy for the Porter's.

This week we are going to be covering pages 136-139 and answering questions 8-14. Since I am late and short on time I have grabbed MacArthur, J. Vernon Mcgee and Jon Courson commentaries and once again put them under each of the questions we are covering. Read More...

Gentlemen,
I hope everyone had a great week. We will be covering questions 4-7 on pages 135 and 136. I have provided commentaries for each of the 4 questions with scripture pertaining to that particular question. Please feel free to add anything to this study that you have found valuable. Thanks! Read More...

This week we will be studying through Genesis 20:1-18 and answering questions 1-3 on pages 133-135.

Here are a few commentaries from Matthew Henry.

Genesis 20:1-2

Here is, 1. Abraham's removal from Mamre, where he had lived nearly twenty years, into the country of the Philistines: He sojourned in Gerar, Gen_20:1. We are not told upon what occasion he removed, whether terrified by the destruction of Sodom, or because the country round was for the present prejudiced by it, or, as some of the Jewish writers say, because he was grieved at Lot's incest with his daughters, and the reproach which the Canaanites cast upon him and his religion, Read More...

This week we will be wrapping up lesson 11 in Genesis 19. Please answer questions 14-16 on pages 130-131 for this weeks study. I know we didn't finish everything last week so we will be catching up a bit.

One thing I want to note about this study and that is if anyone thinks that the Bible is a bunch of made up stories I would contest that with the story of Lot. It shows a real ugly side of a righteous man. I mean if this was all made up would we put this kind of horrible sin as a representative of someone being a righteous man? The bible is definitely not condoning what Lot did but is recording history as accurately as possible. Who's kind of righteousness should we be following after? Lot or Abraham? Look at their lives and how each turned out. I will opt for the life of Abraham and follow God in obedience instead of trying to flirt with the world like Lot did.

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This weeks lesson will cover chapter 19 of Genesis. We will be answering questions 10-13 on pages 127-130.

This chapter is one ugly chapter for man and really reveals how messed up things can get. What keeps going through my mind is why God spared Lot. Lot is one interesting biblical character. I don't see a lot of holiness and righteousness in his behavior. But what does Peter say about Lot? Peter writes in 2 Peter Chapter 2:6-8

if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7 and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard) Read More...

This week please answer questions 4-9 on pages 125-127. We will be focusing on Genesis 18:16-33.

I have included three resources for this study, the first is on the city of Sodom and Gomorrah, the second is Matthew Henry's commentary and last is a sermon from Scott Lindsey

SODOM AND GOMORRAH

Sodom and Gomorrah are two cities in the Bible associated with evil. They were cities of the plain or valley (Genesis 13:12). There were five cities located in the valley of Siddim (i.e., the Salt Sea). Of these, Sodom is mentioned most frequently in Genesis-thirty-six times in all. Sodom became known in as the supreme example of a wicked city. Its destruction (19:24) was used as a warning of God’s judgment in other biblical writings (Deuteronomy 29:23; Isaiah 1:9-10; Jeremiah 23:14; Jeremiah 49:18; Lamentations 4:6; Amos 4:11; Zephaniah 2:9). The story of Sodom’s destruction found its place also in the New Testament (Matthew 10:15; Luke 10:12; 17:29; Romans 9:29; 2 Peter 2:6; Jude 1:7; Revelation 11:8). Read More...

We are moving to Lesson 11 in Genesis and will be covering this portion of scripture for the next 4 weeks. This week we are going to be looking at Sarah's response to God about having a baby at 90 years old. We will be contrasting how she responds verses how Abraham responded in the previous chapter.

This week please answer questions 1-3 on pages 123-125. We will be focusing on Genesis 18:1-15.

Here are two Great Resources for this study. The first is a John Piper sermon on Genesis 18:10-15 and the second is Calvin's Commentary on the key verses of Sarah's response: Read More...

We are wrapping up lesson 10 in Genesis this week. We are going to be covering pages 119 through 122 and answering questions 10-14.

In chapter 17 there are two really important verses for us to understand. Verse 17:11 says, and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. Read More...

Hi Guys,

We are are in the second week of Lesson 10. We will be covering pages 117-119 and questions 7-10. We are going to be covering the conditional covenant with Abram and he is going to get his name changed to Abraham.

Here are some commentary notes from various sources. I hope these are of some value. If you find other information or have a question on this weeks study post it up so we can answer them and share amongst all the MOB groups.

By the way the pic is what Abram's tent would have looked like. Read More...

Starting this Sunday I am going to be posting an entry specifically for The Rock Community Church MOB (Men of the Bible) Members. I want to use this blog as an opportunity for us members to share ideas and provide a forum for cross communication between MOB groups. Read More...