Tag: Bible
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Our Family Table: His Presence is Present Enough
Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 11 September 2025 Reading From II Corinthians 4 “Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring…
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Our Family Table: Living Epistles
Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 10 September 2025 Reading From II Corinthians 3 “Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on ourhearts, to be known and read by all. And you show…
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Reflections on the Temptation of Jesus
A Restoration Reminder by Kenton Cheek Luke 4:1-14 The Temptation of Jesus 4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son…
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Sin and Salvation, Part III
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek A key part of spiritual growth and sanctification is perseverance. In order for the event and process of salvation to not be in vain, we must continue in the faith until we reach the goal of salvation which is glorification. This means a continual rejection of sin and ardent…
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Sin and Salvation, Part II
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek Salvation is an event (the new birth), a process (sanctification), and a future goal (glorification). God loves everyone and we all have been made for relationship with Him and created in His image, but that relationship was severed by sin and that image has been corrupted by sin and…
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Sin and Salvation, Part I
A Deeper Teaching by Kenton Cheek A Biblical Perspective of Sin and SalvationWhen God created Adam and Eve, He made them in His spiritual image. The first humans enjoyed perfect, uninhibited relationship with God and were blessed with free moral agency to choose between right and wrong. Elohim placed them in the paradise of Eden…
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Loving Those Who Disagree with Me
A Deeper Teaching from Kenton Cheek “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighborand hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain…
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Restoration Reminder
The First Eden, The First Adam God, Creator and Sustainer of all things, is Spirit with masculine and feminine characteristics. When He invented human beings, He created them male and female so that when they come together as one, they would reflect His character. God made Adam and Eve in His spiritual image and placed…
Forever Home in the Eternal Family of God 