UNFOLDING THE WORD With Dr. Gary Kuhne

Paul understood that new birth, indwelling Holy Spirit, and increasing knowledge of God’s Word will combine to enable a fruitful ministry. Therefore, he was committed to a bold Biblical ministry to people! He was driven by a desire to be proud, not ashamed, when Christ asks about his ministry. He wanted to focus only on what was done enabled by the indwelling Holy Spirit, not enabled only by his natural abilities.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

God has always intended the work of Christ, as the promised Messiah, to be the solution for the lost, whether Jews or Gentiles. We see this concern for the world at large even in the Patriarchal promises given to Abraham. Even the Christmas story underscores this when we consider the prophesy uttered by Simeon in Luke 2:29-32.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

A church can’t have diversity on the Gospel, on the view of scripture, or on the core doctrines of the faith. But because a “transformed mind” takes time (in fact, an entire lifetime) to develop after we are saved, people will inevitably be marked by diversity in their convictions on issues beyond the core issues above and therefore a church will as well. Romans 14 and 15 helps us to understand how to live in harmony despite such diversity. 5:1-7 reminds us to put the needs of our bro/sis ahead of our interests and to continue to saturate our minds with God’s Word, the only way to move ahead in the “transformed mind” process.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

A church can’t have diversity on the Gospel, on the view of scripture, or on the core doctrines of the faith. But because a “transformed mind” takes time (in fact, an entire lifetime) to develop after we are saved, people will inevitably be marked by diversity in their convictions on issues beyond the core issues above and therefore a church will as well. Romans 14 and 15 helps us to understand how to live in harmony despite such diversity. Vs. 15-23 reminds us to be considerate (walk in love) with bro/sis who differ from you on a diversity issue. Keep reminding yourself that the Kingdom is ultimately about righteousness, peace, joy, not in conformity to all issue. So make the bro/sis more important than the diversity issue.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

A church can’t have diversity on the Gospel, on the view of scripture, or on the core doctrines of the faith. But because a “transformed mind” takes time (in fact, an entire lifetime) to develop after we are saved, people will inevitably be marked by diversity in their convictions on issues beyond the core issues above and therefore a church will as well. Romans 14 and 15 helps us to understand how to live in harmony despite such diversity. Vs. 6-14 reminds us to make sure our motive in the issue is “to honor the Lord”, to accept that only God can know another person’s true motives, and to avoid encouraging others to ignore their conscience on an issue (i.e., if you feeling guilt or lack of peace, then don’t do it).