David Peake

When the Children of Israel crossed the Jordan and settled in Canaan, the temptation to worship idols would be ever with them. Joshua, their leader, knew all too well their propensity to drift away from Jehovah and compromise with paganism. This had been their history even through the wilderness journey after God had miraculously and graciously delivered them from Egypt. As Joshua prepared to die, he gathered the fickle nation together and exhorted them to be faithful. This would demand of them a firm decision. As we embark upon a new year, we would do well to make some decisions as well.

Jesus is the Savior, Redeemer, and the Prince of peace. He is the Light of the world and the embodiment of true love. But He is also a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense. Despite the image modern culture has constructed of an only gentle, loving, and conciliatory Christ, the real Christ offended and yet offends many who encounter Him. In this broadcast of Let the Bible Speak, we meet three kinds of people who are repelled by The Offensive Christ.

God charged the people of Israel of robbing Him of tithes and offerings and suffering as a result. But this broadcast of Let the Bible Speak is not really about financial offerings. This sermon is not an appeal for money nor a promise of wealth to those who give to religious enterprises. Tithing was an annual Old Testament practice involving bringing a portion of the people’s crops to the temple storehouse for the Levites. The New Testament teaches members to give each first day of the week to the treasury of their local church and do so as we purpose in our hearts. Instead, in this study we look at some other ways we can be guilty of robbing God of what belongs to Him.

Hell is a real place, affirmed and described in the Word of God. Preachers used to warn people about this promised eternal judgment of sinners, but more modern trends have all but erased the word from the pulpit. In fact, you most often hear it only as a curse word. The Christian yearns for heaven and rightly shuns this abode of the wicked. There are a few things in hell, however, that we need. In this broadcast of Let the Bible Speak, we consider the realizations one man had when he arrived and how we need the same awareness on earth today.

The impending arrival of winter usually means some preparations to our homes, automobiles, and perhaps other things. The coming winter had a much more dire implication for the Apostle Paul. Locked in prison awaiting execution, Paul wrote an urgent appeal to his beloved friend and son in the faith, Timothy. In this broadcast of Let the Bible Speak, we consider the importance of doing some things in our spiritual lives before winter arrives.