Faith 2020 Webinar #1: Faith
Overview Faith, in the biblical sense, is believing God: man does the believing, God produces the faith, and the two unite in a partnership, which is why faith without God […]
Faith 2020 Webinar #2: The Faith of Jesus Christ
Overview The faith of Jesus Christ is his accomplished work given to us for our salvation and our potential: his own believing of God, taken to the uttermost by a […]
Faith 2020 Webinar #3: The Household of Faith
Overview The household of faith is the family of God, the same group the Bible also calls the body of Christ and the saints, and every believer in it has […]
The Closure and Freedom of Communion
Overview Communion is a closure and a new beginning: closure to the bondage of sin at the crucifixion, and a new beginning of freedom in the resurrection. In this teaching […]
The Joy of the Lord is Our Strength
Overview The joy of the Lord is our strength because joy is a spiritual fruit that exalts, elevates and praises God above all else, even in the midst of a […]
The Kingdom of God
Overview The kingdom of God is an understanding of God’s sovereignty and care over all time and all things: God rules and cannot be dethroned. In this teaching, Rev. Rico […]
Freedom from Limited Options
Overview Freedom from limited options means refusing the trap of choosing only among the bad choices other people hand you, because God has already prepared a way out that is […]
Look Ye Out Among You
Overview When the early church needed additional leaders, the apostles asked the believers to identify people of honest report who were full of spiritual wisdom. Rev. Rico Magnelli explains how […]
Go to God
Overview Going to God means doing what David did at Ziklag: when his city was burned, his family taken captive and his own men spoke of stoning him, he encouraged […]
Work Out Your Own Salvation
Overview Philippians 2 does not teach that people earn eternal life. God accomplished salvation through Christ by grace. To work out your own salvation is to live in light of […]
The Throne of Grace
Overview Coming boldly to the throne of grace means taking mercy as your own. The words we may obtain in Hebrews 4:16 are the Greek word lambano, which is best […]
Wisdom, the Treasure of the Golden Years
Overview Scripture treats old age as the season God awards wisdom, not the season He sets people aside. Rico Magnelli reads Isaiah 46:4, where God says that even to old […]
Life Cannot Be Forced
Overview Life cannot be forced: God’s timing, understanding of the things of God, other people’s decisions, ideal circumstances and the wisdom of God all have to develop graciously rather than […]
Forgiveness and Healing
Overview Rev. Rico Magnelli presents “Forgiveness and Healing,” beginning with well, please turn to Psalm 103. The teaching draws from Psalm 103, Genesis 3, Luke 5, Luke 23:34 and applies […]
Let No Man Glory in Men
Overview First Corinthians 3 uses two pictures to correct misplaced glory. In the agricultural analogy, ministers plant and water, but God gives the increase. In the construction analogy, Jesus Christ […]
Fellowship
Overview Hebrews 10 speaks of drawing near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, and that assurance is what makes real fellowship possible. If the work is finished, […]
Montana Christian Festival #1: The God of All Creation
Overview The God of all creation is the point of creation: nature is not about nature, it is about the author, the originator, the source, and its one eternal message […]
Principle and Preference
Overview A preference is something an individual likes or finds comfortable. A principle is a fundamental truth that applies across situations. Confusing the two produces judgment, pressure, and division. Through […]
The Word is a Heart Endeavor
Overview The Word is a heart endeavor because it is a deliberate endeavor of the heart and not exclusively an academic or scholarly activity, and the labor we put into […]
