Steve Hunter Bible Study

A generation without heroes? I’m sure that many of you heard stories growing up that helped form your concept of right and wrong. You cheer for the good guys and boo for the bad guys. When I was growing up, in the 70s and 80s…at least for me,  superheroes were flawless champions of character . For a young boy growing up in America, superheroes exemplified sacrifice as they always did the right thing regardless of the cost . They unified and protected all the people of the earth. They stood in the gap to defend the defenseless against the forces of evil. They joined together against foes forming the Justice League. They maintained the victorious balance of good over evil . This idealistic character role model formed the absolute of good that I embrace to this day, part of my identity as an American and as a Christian. My two favorite superheroes were always Superman and Captain America . I was attracted to the uncompromising character of each, the Christian morals by which they o

  Finding Happiness in the Christian Life "He who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he." -Proverbs 16:20 This verse breaks into two distinct parts:  1. A ligning our lives with the word, we find good things as we seek to line up our will with God's will. This means embracing good things and shedding those that lead us in other directions.   2. Trusting we in faith follow Jesus Christ alone. We no longer trust that we know better than God and embrace things contradictory to the word. These 2 simple rules are easier said than done but nothing of great value comes easily. There is always a cost, sacrifice, and submission to become teachable moldable to gain a new thing of value. Those things earned here may have some value here but not for eternity. All things gained with God have eternal value and reward. Where are you laying up treasures? “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, an