Ephesians 1: The Blessing of the Father
Ken Boa
March 23, 2022
God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing, but we often choose to live as paupers—we ignore the blessing of the Father.
Tag: Handbook to Scripture
1 Samuel 17: Spiritual Excellence
Ken Boa
March 16, 2022
As we consider the battle, David’s spiritual excellence in the midst of spiritual warfare gives us an example of how we, too, can be a witness to God’s glory in the midst of opposition.
Galatians 6: What Is Salvation?
Ken Boa
March 9, 2022
Living by grace through faith is not natural to us. Even after we have been saved, it is easy for us to slip back into thinking of works righteousness.
1 Samuel 16: The Deception of Appearances
Ken Boa
March 2, 2022
Obedience is the path to open up intimacy with God. If you are going to know Him better, you must do what He tells you to do. God teaches us this truth over and over again. Disobedience has consequences, and it leads us away from God. Obedience, on the other hand, draws us closer to Him. This is a lesson we often learn through brokenness and pain. This brokenness also teaches us to depend on God; our strength comes from Him.
Galatians 5: Freedom from the Law
Ken Boa
February 23, 2022
“At least I’m better than them.” Our natural tendency is to take this attitude of comparison, believing that we deserve heaven because we are better than others. But the standard of comparison is not horizontal—it’s vertical.
1 Samuel 15: A Rebellious Redefinition
Ken Boa
February 16, 2022
Where is your trust? Either you will be like Saul and trust in yourself, or you will trust God and realize that satisfaction only comes from obeying, knowing, and loving God.
2 Corinthians 12: Evidence of the Faith
Ken Boa
February 9, 2022
In pop culture, Satan is often portrayed with horns, wearing red tights, and carrying a pitchfork. If only he were that easy to identify in real life! But Paul tells us that Satan sometimes disguises himself as an angel of light (1 Corinthians 11:14). He infiltrates religion with false teachers and seeks to lead us astray in our pride.
1 Samuel 10: Our Gracious King
Ken Boa
February 2, 2022
The only way to find what you’re looking for is to die to yourself and surrender to God. Every day, we have to decide whether we will die to ourselves and seek God, or whether we will fall prey to the temptations of the world and walk in rebellion.
2 Corinthians 9: Radical Generosity
Ken Boa
January 26, 2022
When it comes to our finances, many of us have the mindset of “How much can I keep?” rather than “How much can I give away?” Whether consciously or unconsciously, we seek security in storing up wealth. While it is not wrong to have a savings account and provide for the future, Paul reveals that radical generosity is a mark of the Christian life.
1 Samuel 9: Trusting the True King
Ken Boa
January 19, 2022
The temptation to seek after the visible and temporal rather than the invisible and eternal is not new. Looking at 1 Samuel, we see that the Israelites struggled with this temptation in regard to their rulers.