Special Studies
2011 Pre-Trib Conference
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| 2011 Pre-Trib Conf Report 2 | Dec 11, 11 |
The Rapture and the Wrath; Removal of the Restrainer; Imminency of the Rapture; the blessed hope |
| 2011 Pre-Trib Conf Report 1 | Dec 11, 11 | Comparison of Rapture and the Second Advent |
Wallbuilders and South Korea
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Jul 13, 11 |
Child Evangelism Fellowship; Wallbuilders; South Korea |
Victory Over Death
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Apr 17, 11 |
Ps 139; victory over death cont.; application principles related to God’s essence |
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Apr 17, 11 |
Matt 21:1-11; Palm Sunday; victory over death cont.; application principles for the living |
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Apr 10, 11 |
Communion; R.C. Inghram Memorial; victory over death cont. |
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Apr 10, 11 |
1 Cor 15: 50-58; R.C. Inghram Memorial; victory over death |
Romans 8 Special - Experiential Sanctification
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Mar 27, 11 |
Experiential sanctification cont. |
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Mar 27, 11 |
Experiential sanctification cont.. |
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Mar 20, 11 |
Experiential sanctification cont. |
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Mar 20, 11 |
Experiential sanctification cont. |
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Mar 13, 11 |
Experiential sanctification cont. |
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Mar 13, 11 |
Experiential sanctification cont. |
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Mar 6, 11 |
Communion Service; Rom 8:1-17; experiential sanctification cont. |
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Mar 6, 11 |
Rom 8:1-17; experiential sanctification |
Pleroma Bible Church Special - Matthaias
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2010 Haiti Disaster Special
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Lesson Number |
Class Date |
Subject |
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Apr 14, 10 |
Bill Bush reports on his trip to Haiti |
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Jan 17, 10 |
Why natural disaster?; Rom 8:18-25; State of the World; biblical basis for providing assistance to fellow mankind (this is a combined service with Mt. Vernon Baptist Church’s Prayer for Haiti) |
2009 Pre-Trib Study Group Conference
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Lesson Number |
Class Date |
Subject |
| 2009 Pre-Trib Conf Report | Dec 16, 09 | Conference Report on the 2009 Pre-Trib Study Group Conference |
Capital Report
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Class Date |
Subject |
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Sep 16, 09 |
Report on Wallbuilders Capital Pastor's Briefing |
Young Adult Bible Class
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Class Date |
Subject |
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Oct 9, 09 |
Courtship & Marriage: Genesis |
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Jun 5, 09 |
Witnessing 11: Catholicism |
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May 22, 09 |
Witnessing 10: Catholicism |
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May 1, 09 |
Witnessing 9: Mormons; Speaker-Capt. Jordan Walker |
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Apr 17, 09 |
Witnessing 8: Mormons; Speaker-Capt. Jordan Walker |
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Apr 3, 09 |
Bible Interpretation |
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Mar 6, 09 |
Witnessing 7: Jews; Speaker-Jim Melnick |
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Feb 6, 09 |
Witnessing 6: Be prepared to give and answer; Speaker-Capt. Jordan Walker |
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Jan 24, 09 |
Witnessing 5: Guest Speaker, John Marion |
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Jan 9, 09 |
Witnessing 4: Guest Speakers, John and Michelle Marion, former missionaries to Afghanistan and current ministry to Muslims in the USA (incomplete recording, introductory remarks not captured) |
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Dec 19, 08 |
Witnessing 3 |
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Dec 5, 08 |
Witnessing 2 |
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Nov 21, 08 |
Witnessing 1 |
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Nov 7, 08 |
The Canon; OT Comparison Handout |
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Oct 24, 08 |
The Bible 2 YABC 4 - Why Trust the Bible PPT |
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Oct 10, 08 |
The Bible |
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Sep 26, 08 |
Why we believe what we believe |
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Sep 12, 08 |
Forgiveness |
Figures of Speech
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Lesson Number |
Class Date |
Subject |
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Oct 29, 08 |
Figures of speech cont.; Sermon on the Mount; Matt 5:38-42; Corban; Christ did not change the ML but was teaching the proper application of the ML, to ignore minor insults, to be generous, not to be resentful, bitter, or vengeful |
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Oct 22, 08 |
Figures of speech cont.; Sermon on the Mount; Matt 5:38-39; uses of "slap" in NT; examples of interpersonal relationships; OT custom of pledges and outer and inner garments; Ex 22:25; Deut 24:10 |
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Oct 15, 08 |
Figures of speech cont.; Sermon on the Mount; Matt 5:38-39; "slap you on the right cheek" is a figure of speech for an insult or humiliation; "turn the other cheek, " ignore it |
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Oct 8, 08 |
Figures of speech cont.; Sermon on the Mount; Matt 5:31-38; divorce; taking oaths; two views on “eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth”; law of retaliation; lex talionis; Ex 21:24; Lev 24: 10-20; Deut 19:16-21 |
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Oct 1, 08 |
Figures of speech cont.; Sermon on the Mount; Matt 5:1-30 |
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Sep 24, 08 |
Figures of speech cont.; zoomorphisms, metaphors, anthropomorphisms, anthropopathisms; impassability and passablity of God views; love, peace, and joy not emotions but mental attitude |
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Sep 17, 08 |
Figures of speech cont.; “take up his cross”; Mark 8:34; historical context, Roman crucifixion; blood of Christ; Rom 5:8-10 |
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Sep 10, 08 |
Figures of speech cont.; Matt 16:25; 1 Cor 15:20 |
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Sep 3, 08 |
A study of figures of speech in the Bible; E. W Bullinger; S/S 4:1-5; Ps 18:2; Ruth 1:8 cf Gen 24:66-67; Ps 50:10; taking passages literally vs. figuratively; Rev 20:1ff; 1 Sam 15:11, 29; Diagram: Song of Solomon Illustrated - literally |
2008 Trip to Israel Special
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Class Date |
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Aug 27, 08 |
Beer Sheba; Gen21:1ff; Abimelech appeals to Abraham; similarity of the words for oath and seven; taking an oath, a sign of an everlasting covenant; role and history of the Haganah and Palmah in the modern nation of Israel |
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Aug 24, 08 |
Hezekiah’s tunnel and the Pool of Siloam; Jn 9:1 ff; infirmity part of God’s plan; Jn 7:37; the Western or Wailing Wall, history of; Phylacteries; Deut 6:1-9; 11: 16-21; Christ’s use of figures of speech; Mezuzahs; tower of David; the Souq; Mount of Olives, a symbol of divine discipline in Israel and deliverance; 2 Sam 15:30; Ez 11:23; Judg 2:6; matt 24; Mk3; Luke 19:37-44; 21; Acts 1:6-12; Zech 14:1-5; odds and ends |
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Aug 24, 08 |
What’s so important about Jerusalem?; Ez 5:5; 1Kgs 11:36; Ps 132:13-14; Israel today; Church Age believers described with the same language as OT Israel; 1 Pet 2:9; weak faith seeks tangibles; strength of our faith comes from the Word of God through the power of the Spirit; alternate location for the garden tomb; Spring Gihon, site of Solomon’s coronation; 1 Kgs 1:32 ff; Hezekiah’s tunnel and the need to bring the water source inside the walls; 2 Kgs 20:20; 2 Chron 32:30 |
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Aug 20, 08 |
Beersheba; history of; Gen 21:1ff; God takes direction action in the life of Sarah; He is faithful to His Word; God’s solutions vs. human solutions; living with the consequences of human solutions; Abraham’s dilemma; Hagar and Ishmael wander in the Wilderness of Beersheba- “the well of the oath”; |
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Aug 17, 08 |
Via Dolorosa and stations of the cross cont.; history of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, recent archeological discoveries of gate and wall at the time of Christ; clothing stripped from the Lord; Jn 19:23; nailed to the cross: Jn 19:17; taken off the cross and laid on the ground; Jn 19:38-41; worshipping the location rather than the Lord and His work on the cross |
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Aug 17, 08 |
Via Dolorosa; biblical knowledge vs. tradition; Pools of Bethesda; Jn 5:1ff; problems with the Via Dolorosa; stations of the cross; Antonio Barracks; Jn 18:28ff; scourging of the Lord; Jn 19:1-5; Simon of Cyrene compelled to carry the cross; Matt 27:32ff; Christ addresses the women weeping for Him; Luke 23:28-31 |
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Aug 13, 08 |
Masada; history of; Roman siege in 73 AD; importance to Israel today Doctrine of the Significance of Masada; a monument to Israel’s rejection of the Lord; Christ prophesies the destruction of the nation; Matt 24:2; Luke 21:5, 20; for the Church age believer, a symbol of the outworking of God’s plan; Isa 46:8-11 |
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Aug 10, 08 |
Jerusalem, Doctrine of the Significance of Jerusalem, cont.; rubble rather than rejoicing, the result Israel’s rejection of the Messiah; Matt 23:37-39; all spiritual knowledge comes from Scripture; the Temple Mount, the Lion’s Gate |
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Aug 10, 08 |
Jerusalem; general history review; Royal Portico; Doctrine of the Significance of Jerusalem; Israel at the time of Christ, neither light nor salt; Matt 5:13-16 |
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Aug 3, 08 |
Communion Service; Garden of Gethsemane; Christ resists temptations by the application of the Word of God and prayer; the stability of Christ’s soul—His grieving or emotional turmoil does not prevent Him from having joy and contentment in obedience to the Father’s plan; the power of “I am”; John 18:1-11 |
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Aug 3, 08 |
Jerusalem; general history, significance of ; City of David, Hennon, Tyropean, and Kidron valleys; land purchase for Temple by David, expansion of the City of David; final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant; 1 Chron 16:1; Solomon’s Temple and the 1st Temple Period; 2 Chron 3:1; 2nd Temple Period and the expansion of the Temple Mount; destruction by Rome; expansion of Temple mount by Suleiman II the Magnificent |
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Jul 30, 08 |
En Gedi, “the spring of the kid”; 1 Sam 23:27―24; pursued by Saul, David and his men hide in En Gedi; the significance of cutting off Saul’s robe, the symbol of kingship; David’s orientation to God’s plan for his life–protection, provision, and promotion; submission to duly appointed authorities |
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Jul 27, 08 |
The Valley of Elah; Saul and David; David's reliance on the Lord in the battle with Goliath; 1 Sam 17:1-54; "The battle is the Lord's" |
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Jul 27, 08 |
The Dead Sea and Qumran geography; the Essenes community; The Dead Sea Scrolls discovery, dating, contents, and significance; Dead Sea Scrolls demonstrate the accuracy and reassurance of scripture's preservation/accuracy; Early form of Aramaic in Daniel puts Daniel in prophecy; Aramaic used by Jesus understood by Palestinian Jews since they spoke Hebrew; Acts 21:40 |
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Jul 23, 08 |
Jordan River; Gen 13:10, before the destruction of Sodom and Gemorrah and the formation of the Dead Sea; Num 32:5, 33:51; eastern boundary of the Land; crossing the Jordan, a huge obstacle to Israel, was necessary to accomplish of God’s plan; Deut 31:12-13; 32:47; Josh1:2; 3:15; Jordan River, a symbol of God’s unfathomable solutions and sovereign power; Ps 114:1-8; Dead Sea, a representation of God’s judgment in history against the perversions of man; |
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Jul 20, 08 |
Return to principles on Caesarea Philippi or Paneus; Matt 13:13ff; at the Gates of Hades in the midst of the Satanic religion in Caesarea Philippi , Jesus is declared to be the Christ, the Son of the living God, and proclaims the future establishment of His Church on which Satan and his minions will not prevail; Matt 16:23; 28:18 |
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Jul 20, 08 |
Mt. Gilboa and Beth Shan, symbols of the failure of human efforts and strength, national apostasy and shame, ; 1 Sam 8 ff; Saul’s failure a result of spiritual failure; 1 Sam 13:13-14; utter defeat at Mt. Gilboa and failures in life make made a poor testimony to the world |
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Jul 16, 08 |
Mt. Gilboa and Beth Shan- symbols of Israel’s rejection of God’s plan; Josh 17:11; Judg 1 :27; 1 Sam 8―10; Israel rejects God as king; 1 Sam 13:13; 15:22ff; Saul’s disobedience; our sins and failures have collateral damage on those around us |
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Jul 13, 08 |
See Guest Speaker - Jim Myers |
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Jul 13, 08 |
Strategic victory in the spiritual life requires daily tactical victories to overcome the sin nature; Tel Dan/ Laish; Judg 17―18; tribe of Dan fails to subdue the inhabitants of their allotment; victory in the spiritual life requires hard work; Dan seeks to relocate and recons land in the north at Laish; Dan represents a time of absolute moral relativism and spiritual rebellion |
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Jul 9, 08 |
Mt. Tabor, a symbol of majesty, divine protection, provision, and faithfulness, assign of God’s covenant faithfulness in the midst of Israel’s failure; Jer 46:18; Judg 4-5; eternal rewards based on victory in tough spiritual battles; Tel Dan /Laish; Canaanite and Israelite gates Deut 34:1; Judg 1:34; 17―18; Jeroboam’s cult temple in the Northern Kingdom; failure of the tribe of Dan |
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Jul 6, 08 |
Caesarea Philippi/Paneus; Matt 16:13-20; “Son of Man”; Dan 7:13-14; Jn 6:41-45; drawn by the teaching of God the Father; Jn 6: 41-45; Peter the stone, a description of his character; “on this rock”; Eph 2:20; Christ’s use of everyday objects and occurrences in His teaching; the foundation of the Church |
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Jul 6, 08 |
Communion Service; Caesarea Philippi con’t.; Matt 16:13-20; “gates of Hades” at Paneus; no power can destroy the Church; conditions of entering into heaven determined by God in eternity past; Jn 3:18 |
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Jul 2, 08 |
Historical sanctification: OT Israel a picture of the Church Age believer; Mt Megiddo; Josh 12:7ff; 17:11, Judg 1:27ff; 1 Kgs 4:7-12; Rev 16:12-16; 17:14; 19:19; Hazor; Josh 11:1-12; 1 Kgs 9:15; Mt. Tabor; Judg 4:1ff; Heb 12:2; our spiritual life is a daily struggle to overcome distractions and sin |
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Jun 29, 08 |
Lake of Galilee; Tiberias; Caperneum, headquarters of the Lord’s ministry in the Galilee; Matt 4:12ff; 9:1ff ; Mark 2; Sermon on the Mount; Matt 5; the charge to repent, change of thinking from the teaching of the Pharisees |
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Jun 29, 08 |
Importance of understanding the historical setting of the Bible; Matt 2:13ff; time of Christ; communication to Joseph; Herodean reign and dynasty; impact of Roman world on Israel; Sepphoris where Roman and Jewish worlds came together; Matt 13:53; Nazareth rejects Jesus; Matt 6:1 ff; Jesus uses a theatrical term possibly learned in Sepphoris |
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Jun 25, 08 |
Acts 21―26; Paul held in custody in Herod’s Praetorium in Caesarea Maritima provided opportunity for him to defend the Gospel before Felix, Festus, and King Agrippa II; location of Antonio Barracks next to the Temple mount in Jerusalem allowed the Romans to keep watch on the Jews; 1 Kgs 12―18; at Mt Carmel, Elijah challenged the idolatry and false religion of Baal against the one true God; test of a prophet |
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Jun 22, 08 |
Importance of Israel in God’s plan; Ez 5:5; 38:12; Isa 19:24; Joppa; Jonah; Acts 9:36-43; 10 ff; Caesarea; Acts 1:8; 6:5; 8:40; 9-10ff; baptism of the Holy Spirit unique to the Church |
Does the Commission of Sin Invalidate the Grace of God
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May 18, 08 |
Who is
our family? Importance of the relationship of believer to believer;
Matt12:46ff; Heb 13:1; Titus 3:12-14; Col 3:12ff; Phil
2:3-4; Eph 4:31-5:2 |
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Mar 12, 08 |
WHBC/CTS Presentation of Does the Commission of Certain Sins
Invalidate the Grace of God?; 1 Cor 6:9-11;
PowerPoint |
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Mar 9, 08 |
Does
the Commission of Certain Sins Invalidate the Grace of God? cont.; 1
Cor 6:9-11;
PowerPoint |
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Mar 9, 08 |
Does the Commission of Certain Sins Invalidate the Grace of God?; 1 Cor 6:9-11; PowerPoint |
