In this episode, we discuss the Apostle Paul’s three vocational metaphors in 2 Timothy 2:3-13 for faithful Christian service and ministry: endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, strive lawfully as an athlete in competition, and labor diligently … Continue reading →

This episode covers Colossians 3:22-25 (and 4:1), instructing employees (“servants”) to obey bosses (“masters”) in everything—not with eyeservice as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart fearing God—knowing they will receive the “reward of the inheritance” at the Judgment Seat of … Continue reading →

Here, the Apostle Paul, drawing from the familiar Isthmian Games near Corinth, challenges believers in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 to run the Christian race with the same intense determination, self-discipline, and purpose as the athletes: “So run, that ye may obtain,” … Continue reading →

This episode highlights 1 Corinthians 3:8-15 to show believers as co-laborers with God in His Church—both as His “husbandry” (field planted and watered by Paul and Apollos) and His “building” (with Paul as the wise master builder who laid the … Continue reading →

The seventh and final saying from the Cross—“Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit” (Luke 23:46)—was Jesus’ calm, confident last utterance after “It is finished,” as He bowed His head and voluntarily dismissed His spirit, dying willingly and in … Continue reading →

“It is finished” (John 19:30)—the sixth saying from the Cross—was Jesus’ triumphant shout, declaring that the work of redemption was fully completed: sin’s penalty paid in full, prophecies fulfilled, the Father’s justice satisfied, and the perfect sacrifice offered once for … Continue reading →

The fifth saying from the Cross—“I thirst” (John 19:28)—is the focus of this lesson and was spoken by Jesus after the three hours of darkness, that Scripture might be fulfilled. As fully man, He experienced the raging physical thirst of … Continue reading →

This episode examines the fourth saying from the Cross—“My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” (Matt. 27:46)—which came at the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.), after three hours of supernatural global darkness, when the Father turned away from His … Continue reading →

On the Cross, even in His pain and suffering, we find Christ thinking of others. We see it when He looked over to the one thief who believed on Him and comforted him. And we see it again, here in … Continue reading →

In this episode, we explore Christ’s second saying from the Cross: “Today shalt thou be with Me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). At Calvary, the two armed robbers who were crucified alongside Jesus both initially mocked and blasphemed Him along with … Continue reading →