Author Archives: St. John Studies

Change or Die Nothing is more dramatic than being told you are going to die if you don’t change. Chapter 9 deals with that. Pastor Idleman tells of patients who suffer from heart disease and have had to undergo bypass … Continue reading →

You may be familiar with this story but it fits in well with Pastor Idleman’s Chapter 9 on Change…. There once lived a tailor name Zumbach who had a reputation for making the finest of clothing. He used only the … Continue reading →

Romans 7:15-24 New International Version (NIV) I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.  And if I do what I do not want to do, … Continue reading →

I’m 63.  My dad lived to 91.  His sister lived to 85.  Another sister is still alive and doing well at 99.  Another brother is in his 80’s. Possibly longevity is in my genes.  One never knows.  The inevitable bus … Continue reading →

You knew it was going to happen; the call to action. We have been discussing all the reasons that we need to wake up to our condition in Chapters 1 through 4. We have been discussing all the benefits of … Continue reading →

As we suffer through the winter of 2015, we wonder if spring will ever arrive. I look out the window in my office and I see the same white scenery I have seen since February 15.  The snow came in … Continue reading →

As I read Chapter 8, I began to consider levels of sin.  Years ago, I taught Sunday School from a book by Jerry Bridges called Respectable Sins.  His premise was that Christians today have become so preoccupied with the major … Continue reading →

We all want to live a stress free life and granted, too many of us [certainly me included] make too big of a deal out of little things but do you see minimization as a problem in your life? Do … Continue reading →

Years ago, I heard of a church that did not want the whole truth. The pastor was using words like sin, sinner, hell and punishment in his weekly sermons. This was not sitting too well with the congregation. They wanted … Continue reading →

Pastor Idleman tells many tales of people who minimize their actions as a defense mechanism against the guilt of their sin but as a Sunday school teacher, I want to share some information from Pastor Warren Wiersbe that fits in … Continue reading →