by Bill Giovannetti | Feb 10, 2020 | Apologetics, Gospel, Grace, Sermon, Theology
Open your Bible please to the book of Ezra and chapter 8. Today, the part of the Bible we’re looking at is a kind of invitation. It’s an invitation to join an adventure. An invitation to risk the Great Unknown. An invitation to risk AND to the rewards that come...
by Bill Giovannetti | Jan 20, 2020 | Apologetics, Gospel, Grace, Sermon, Theology
…Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. (Ezra 7:6) When our kids were little, we had this...
by Bill Giovannetti | Jan 14, 2020 | Apologetics, Gospel, Grace, Sermon, Theology
Let’s start today in the contents page of your Bible. I have a plan. The first thing you’ll notice is that the Bible is a collection of a lot of books. It’s actually a small library of 66 books. What you won’t notice is that the books of the Bible...
by Bill Giovannetti | Nov 26, 2019 | Apologetics, Gospel, Grace, Sermon, Theology
From the time the Jews begin to return to the Grand Opening celebration of the new temple: 23 years. From chapter 6 to 7: 60 years. For this fall, we have been opening our hearts to God’s message from a book in the Bible called… Ezra. Today, starting at Ezra...
by Bill Giovannetti | Nov 18, 2019 | Apologetics, Gospel, Grace, Sermon, Theology
Our culture today has bought into absurdity and contradiction. There has always been a war for our minds and our souls, but it is so out in the open now. One of the great battles is over the dignity of the human race. Is human life sacred? Are we created...