God is Providing for His Church Through the generosity of almost 700 individuals and churches, SIBI is providing funds for the churches in Ukraine. Tim Burow asked Rob Hindman to coordinate SIBI’s distribution efforts. Rob and his family were missionaries in Kharkiv before the first invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2014….
Job’s Three Friends
Job 2:11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. Upon learning of Job’s difficulties, three of his friends…
Ukrainian Relief Update from SIBI
Tim Burow has asked Rob Hindman, an alumnus of the school and former missionary to Kharkiv, to help coordinate getting the aid to the places that need it most. Rob has a three-fold purpose in assisting. 1 – We are helping people in the hardest-hit areas within Ukraine. This includes such cities as Kyiv,…
1 Corinthians
This coming Sunday morning in our Adult Bible Study we will begin a study on First Corinthians. This letter is significant because it illustrates the ethical implications of the gospel in concrete situations. It shows Paul working across cultural boundaries. He comes with a Jewish apocalyptic theology that emphasizes monotheism and the sovereignty of God….
Lessons from Job
Job 1:9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. Satan attacked Job’s motives, saying that Job was blameless and had integrity only because he had no reason to turn against God. Ever since he had started following God, everything had gone well for Job. Satan wanted to prove that Job worshiped God, not out…
Ukrainian Relief
For those wishing to help our Ukrainian brethren affected by the ongoing conflict with Russia here are a couple of links. https://www.sibi.cc/ukraine-crisis-2022
The Story of Job
Job 1:1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. As one reads the book of Job, one has information that the characters of the story do not. Job, the main character, lost all he had through no…
The Story of Job
Job 1:8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” Job was an upright man who feared God. Yet God allowed him to suffer, not because he was guilty of…
I can do all this…
Philippians 4:13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Many of us have seen some variation of these words in encouraging notes and cards, in art, on t-shirts, tattooed on people’s bodies, and even scrawled on the shoes of famous athletes or printed on their eye black. The verse is often…
Song of Songs
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness… ALL Scripture is useful. Ephesians 1:17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. One…