Author: Al Gary
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Discussion Questions – June 15, 2025
Q. Does having assurance of salvation, believing that Christ will never let you go, interfere with your freedom? Why or why not? Q. How do you understand John’s belief that “no one who is born of God will continue to sin?” (1 Jn. 3:9). Q. Discuss this statement: “saving faith is persevering faith.” Do you…
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Discussion Questions – June 8, 2025
[1] Why did John write his gospel? (See John 20:31 if needed). [2] Why did John write his first letter? (See 1 John 5:13 if needed). [3] Do you agree with the Apostle John that we can know that we have eternal life? [4] To whom did Jesus make this promise: “I go to prepare…
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January 12th – Discussion Questions
[1] Do you believe that God is absolute? How do you define that? [2] God’s absolute nature is characterized in part by his being omniscient (all-knowing), omnipresent (present everywhere), and omnipotent (all-powerful). Discuss how each of these elements of His nature affect you personally. [3] Do you feel threatened or blessed that God knows your…
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Matthew 7 Discussion Questions
Q. What can a judgmental spirit do to a body of believers? Q. Can you think of an example of a “log” in your eye and a “speck” in another person’s eye that would prohibit you from helping that person remove the speck from his eye? Q. Analyze Jesus’s statement in John 7:24, “Do not…
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Daily Bible Reading – December 18, 2023
The following post is a summary of my sermon yesterday. Some of you may have read it on my regular Facebook page. Read Philippians 2:5-8, quoted in the points below, which presents the true meaning of Christmas: [1] Jesus Christ came to the earth as God. Paul said that He “existed in the form of…
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Daily Bible Reading – October 31, 2023
The ICF has completed the book of Acts and is now going through the letter to the church at Philippi. Our text for this Sunday is Philippians 1:27-2:5. The following is taken from my book, “From West Texas to the French West Indies and Back Again,” pages 94-95. In Philippians 2:1-5, Paul gave clear instructions…
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Daily Bible Reading – October 14, 2023
I have not posted recent lessons from the book of Acts, but because the majority of the ICF were camping on October 8, I am posting my lesson that closed out our study of Acts (covering 28:11-31). Background: Paul was on his way as a prisoner to Rome when the ship was wrecked. The ship…
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Daily Bible Reading – August 04, 2023
(I have not posted for a couple of weeks as I was waiting for our Sunday lessons to catch up. We have now arrived at Acts 22). We have seen Paul as a person on mission, and now we have the privilege of hearing him recount his testimony. He was falsely accused and arrested, and…
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Daily Bible Reading – July 12, 2023
(I did not post on ICF Facebook last week. The theme as presented below covers all of Acts 21). When I last preached, I suggested that the people of the Way are a people on mission. Paul is perhaps our greatest example of a person on mission. He and his companions “set sail” from Miletus…
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Daily Bible Reading – June 27, 2023
(Acts 20) We see a pattern in the modus operandi of Paul’s ministry. He had concluded the first missionary journey, even after being stoned and left for dead at Lystra, by returning to the cities where he had ministered, “strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith” (Ac. 14:22). At…
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