The audio of this teaching was unusable. Notes Psalm 2 AMPC 5780: Pey: Speech and Freedom 5780/2020 and Covid-19 COVID-19 was discovered in China during December of 2019 (Chanukah). First mentioned to be a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the 15th of Adar (Shushan Purim). This is the day of second celebration outside of Israel,... Continue Reading →
This morning I shared the following on social media:Cain killed Abel because he didn't rule over the sin that was at his door (Gen. 4:1-8). Today is the anniversary of 9/11, it is the day after Charlie Kirk was assassinated. I saw a comment on a friend's post that said, while violence should never be... Continue Reading →
Audio Teaching Notes Matt. 4:12-17 The word repent in Hebrew is teshuvah, which means to return - to return to our natural state. Gen. 1:26-28 Even after the fall, we were not helpless against sin. Our sinful nature is dominant, but we still have a free choice. Gen. 4:1-8 -->Because Cain did not walk in... Continue Reading →
As I read Exodus today, a thought came to me: the commands of Scripture serve two purposes. They bring us close to God. 2. They keep us away from the idolatry of the world. Before we go to the portion of Exodus that brought that thought, let's look at what is hopefully a familiar passage... Continue Reading →
Audio Teaching NOTES Deut. 6:4-9 KJV Jos. 1:8 Meditate (H#1897): to mutter, to ponder, - roar. Speak, study - imagine. Observe (H#8104): to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., to guard, protect, attend to - take heed to self. Psalm 119:9-11 KJV/AMPCAMPC: "How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself]... Continue Reading →
Father, you are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You are the God of Israel. Today, I mourn with Israel the loss of the First and Second Temple. But as Your Word says, weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. On this day of fasting and mourning, I pray... Continue Reading →
The Hebrew month of AV begins tomorrow (July 26, 2025). Av is considered the most difficult of the year. It begins in the third week of the dire straits (the narrow place), and the difficulty culminates on the ninth of Av (August 3, 2025), which is a fast day. The ninth of Av is a... Continue Reading →
Hebrews 12:1-10 KJV "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;... Continue Reading →
1 Peter 5:8-9 KJV "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world." Ephesians 6:10-11, 18 KJV "Finally, my brethren, be strong in... Continue Reading →
I realized today that there are many gimmicks used in the church and other ministries to encourage people to give. Many ministries even use levels of giving; the more you give, the greater the gift you get back. And if we can't be convinced to give for a gift, we will then be guilted in... Continue Reading →
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." - James 4:7 KJV Submit (Vine's): to rank under. to obey. Resist (Vine's): to set against. to stand. oppose. Spiritual warfare is an important topic in the Christian life, and the books of James and Ephesians have much to teach us... Continue Reading →
"He (Jesus) saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is... Continue Reading →
There is a path that man sets for you, and there is the path God has planned for you from your mother's womb. When God called Jeremiah, He said, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee," and a conversation and a calling followed: Jeremiah 1:4-19 KJV "Then the word of the Lord... Continue Reading →
Today, we remember when the Nazis surrendered. Hitler may have surrendered, but the devil never did. Unfortunately, the same demonic ideology that drove the Nazis is still alive in the world today. In America, Jewish students are harassed on college campuses, and anti-Israel protests always include violence against Jewish students and vandalism of school property.... Continue Reading →
PASSOVER Passover is the first of the Lord's seven appointed feasts. This first celebration has three parts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits. The Passover recounts God's freeing of His people from bondage. The Exodus story can be found in chapters 1-15, and the fullness of God's purpose in Exodus is given in Exodus through Joshua.... Continue Reading →
Casey D. Bell 