Teaching Archives

GodSpeak Readings: Week 54/September 20-25

September 20-25 Isaiah 7-25 GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along. Monday, September 20 Isaiah 7-8  Read & Listen Online … Read more

Sermon: “Selfless Adoration”

Sunday, September 12, 2010 The Song of Solomon is a book that describes the beauty of a relationship between a man and his wife.  It is often misunderstood or even excluded from view by many Christians.  Listen as Pastor Seabaugh speaks on the beauty of the Song of Solomon and how Jesus also displays a similar … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 53/September 13-18

September 13-18 Song of Songs 3-Isaiah GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along. Monday, September 13 Song of Songs 4-6  … Read more

Sermon: “A Woman’s Place”

Sunday, September 5, 2010 Many people over the last century have tried to determine “a woman’s place.”  Does she “belong” in the home, the workplace, or somewhere else?  Listen as Pastor Seabaugh dismantles the question of a “woman’s place” and answers the question with a different kind of answer derived straight from Proverbs 31. Readings: … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 52/September 6-11

Week 52:  September 6-11
Ecclesiastes 3-Song of Songs 3

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, September 6 Ecclesiastes 3-4  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Several hints to the solution of the problem of meaninglessness appear in Ecclesiastes 3 and 4. Identify the aspects of the solution mentioned in these verses: Ecclesiastes 3:1–8; 3:12–14; 3:17; 3:18; 4:9–12. What did the angel announce as the great solution to these problems (Luke 2:10-11)? What is Peter’s confession about what is meaningful (John 6:68)?

Tuesday, September 7 Ecclesiastes 5-6  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Did the shepherds say anything at the manger? Check out Luke 2:8–20. What did the shepherds say at the manger? What did they say after they had visited the manger? They seem to have followed the instruction of the Teacher in Ecclesiastes 5:1–3. Why does the Teacher say we should “not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God”? According to the Teacher, who is running things, anyway? How might this insight help us celebrate Christmas with peace and joy?

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Sermon: “Prideful Isolation”

Sunday, August 29, 2010 Readings: Proverbs 18:1-10, Philippians 2:1-11, Mark 14:22-31 There I was, alone in my driveway with only my pride to keep my company.  Prideful isolation is a characteristic of foolishness in the Proverbs and the topic of Pastor Seabaugh’s sermon for August 29th.  Listen to how God brings us into humble community through … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 51/Aug 30-Sept 4

Week 51:  Aug 30-Sept 4
Proverbs 22-Ecclesiastes 2

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, August 30 Proverbs 22-23  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. It is good to examine why we do things that are routine or a long time habit. Just because “we’ve always done it” does not make it bad; we just need to make sure we know “why” we do things so that we can do them well. Christian education is a case in point. Why do you read and study Today’s Light? Why does your church conduct a Sunday School of have Bible classes? Why do congregations dedicate so many resources to Lutheran schools or our church to colleges and seminaries? Review some of the reasons for having these programs with your group. Then look at Proverbs 22:19. What is the reason for Christian education that Solomon gives here? There are several other Christian education passages in this section of Proverbs. What do these verses have to say about why Christian education is so important: Proverbs 22:6; Proverbs 23:12, 17, 23. Consult also these passages: Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 14:26–27; Proverbs 9:10. Conclude your study by praying for all the agencies of Christian education in your church and the people involved. Inquire if there is some way you might help at one of these agencies of Christian education.

Tuesday, August 31 Proverbs 24-25  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. “It’s not what you say, but how you say it that’s important.” What does Proverbs 25:11–18 say about this statement? What does the Lord want us to be very diligent about saying (Jonah 1:1; Deuteronomy 6:4–9; Matthew 28:19–20; 1 Timothy 4:9–13; 2 Timothy 1:8–10; Colossians 4:2–6)?

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Sermon: “Who is Wisdom?”

Sunday, August 22, 2010 Readings: Proverbs 8:1-11, Ephesians 5:8-19, Matthew 25:1-13 Proverbs is one of the favorite books of the Bible for many people.  You can always seem to get something out of it.  She always seems to come through.  Who is she?  Wisdom.  She’s in competition with that other gal, Foolishness.  What’s this all about? … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 50/August 23-28

Week 50:  August 23-28
Proverbs 10-21

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, August 23 Proverbs 10-11  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. For many years the sign-off line of a news commentator was “That’s the way it is.” Many of the proverbs in Proverbs 10-11 are like that. Choose a few proverbs and discuss how what is said is just how it works out in life, for good or ill. Select your own proverbs to discuss, but try these also: Proverbs 10:7, 32; Proverbs 11:10, 12. Now look at a few proverbs that specifically talk about God. For example, look at Proverbs 10:22, 29; Proverbs 11:1, 20–21. How would you summarize the messages of these proverbs concerning God? What might the Apostle Paul say concerning Proverbs 11:21? See Romans 3:10–12, 21–24; 6:18; Galatians 5:1.

Tuesday, August 24 Proverbs 12-13  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. “The Lord …delights in men who are truthful” (Proverbs 12:22). In the light of passages like Psalm 14:3 and 1 John 1:8, how can Solomon make such a statement? Look at other similar statements: Proverbs 11:1, 20; Proverbs 8:31. What is the function of these statements? When does the Lord delight in us?

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Sermon: “How to Praise”

Sunday, August 15, 2010 Readings: Psalm 148, Hebrews 13:8-16, Luke 19:28-40 Hallelujah!  Praise Yahweh!  Hallelujah!  Praise the Lord!  Why?  How?  Where?  Who?  The last five Psalms in the book of Psalms are filled with the praise of God.  Listen as  Pastor Seabaugh challenges us all to make our praise of God distinctive of our praise of everything … Read more