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"He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30).
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30).
But when [John the Baptist] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, "Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matthew 3:7)
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
But when [John the Baptist] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, "Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matthew 3:7)
New Testament Reading: #Romans 15:4-13
#Paul begins concluding his exhortations to the #Christians in #Rome.
Why is it so important for us to #receive one another in #Christ?
#Paul begins concluding his exhortations to the #Christians in #Rome.
Why is it so important for us to #receive one another in #Christ?
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New Testament Reading: #Romans 15:4-13
#Paul begins concluding his exhortations to the #Christians in #Rome.
Why is it so important for us to #receive one another in #Christ?
#Paul begins concluding his exhortations to the #Christians in #Rome.
Why is it so important for us to #receive one another in #Christ?
Then went out unto [John the Baptist] Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins (Matthew 3:5-6).
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Then went out unto [John the Baptist] Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins (Matthew 3:5-6).
#Gospel Reading: #Matthew 3:1-12
The #proclamations of #John the #Baptist.
How did John well prepare the way for the #Lord?
The #proclamations of #John the #Baptist.
How did John well prepare the way for the #Lord?
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#Gospel Reading: #Matthew 3:1-12
The #proclamations of #John the #Baptist.
How did John well prepare the way for the #Lord?
The #proclamations of #John the #Baptist.
How did John well prepare the way for the #Lord?
For [John the Baptist] is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For [John the Baptist] is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
The Psalm: Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
#Solomon's #psalm asking God to bless the king of #Israel.
Who is the King whom #Christians should ask God to bless?
#Solomon's #psalm asking God to bless the king of #Israel.
Who is the King whom #Christians should ask God to bless?
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Psalm: Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
#Solomon's #psalm asking God to bless the king of #Israel.
Who is the King whom #Christians should ask God to bless?
#Solomon's #psalm asking God to bless the king of #Israel.
Who is the King whom #Christians should ask God to bless?
Who was #John the #Baptist, and what was he all about?
How did John the Baptist well prepare the way of the Lord and embody the prophetic tradition?
#Preparing the Way of the Lord
https://youtu.be/1faFh-Qnm0g
How did John the Baptist well prepare the way of the Lord and embody the prophetic tradition?
#Preparing the Way of the Lord
https://youtu.be/1faFh-Qnm0g
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Who was #John the #Baptist, and what was he all about?
How did John the Baptist well prepare the way of the Lord and embody the prophetic tradition?
#Preparing the Way of the Lord
https://youtu.be/1faFh-Qnm0g
How did John the Baptist well prepare the way of the Lord and embody the prophetic tradition?
#Preparing the Way of the Lord
https://youtu.be/1faFh-Qnm0g
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
#Isaiah extends hope for a righteous #Davidic #king.
Who would be that #righteous King, and how can we now serve Him?
#Isaiah extends hope for a righteous #Davidic #king.
Who would be that #righteous King, and how can we now serve Him?
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
#Isaiah extends hope for a righteous #Davidic #king.
Who would be that #righteous King, and how can we now serve Him?
#Isaiah extends hope for a righteous #Davidic #king.
Who would be that #righteous King, and how can we now serve Him?
What is the Letter of Jeremiah?
Is it canonical, inspired Scripture?
What are we supposed to think about it?
11.30 | The Voice 15.48 | The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/letterjeremiah/
Is it canonical, inspired Scripture?
What are we supposed to think about it?
11.30 | The Voice 15.48 | The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/letterjeremiah/
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What is the Letter of Jeremiah?
Is it canonical, inspired Scripture?
What are we supposed to think about it?
11.30 | The Voice 15.48 | The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/letterjeremiah/
Is it canonical, inspired Scripture?
What are we supposed to think about it?
11.30 | The Voice 15.48 | The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/letterjeremiah/
New Testament Reading: #Romans 13:11-14
#Paul exhorted #Roman Christians to live prepared in Jesus.
How should we find #encouragement in #salvation being closer than when we first believed?
#Paul exhorted #Roman Christians to live prepared in Jesus.
How should we find #encouragement in #salvation being closer than when we first believed?
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New Testament Reading: #Romans 13:11-14
#Paul exhorted #Roman Christians to live prepared in Jesus.
How should we find #encouragement in #salvation being closer than when we first believed?
#Paul exhorted #Roman Christians to live prepared in Jesus.
How should we find #encouragement in #salvation being closer than when we first believed?
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).
Gospel Reading: #Matthew 24:36-44
#Jesus, having prophesied the doom of #Jerusalem and its #Temple, turned to speak of when such things would take place.
Why do so many invest so much effort into trying to figure out what is known to God alone?
#Jesus, having prophesied the doom of #Jerusalem and its #Temple, turned to speak of when such things would take place.
Why do so many invest so much effort into trying to figure out what is known to God alone?
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Gospel Reading: #Matthew 24:36-44
#Jesus, having prophesied the doom of #Jerusalem and its #Temple, turned to speak of when such things would take place.
Why do so many invest so much effort into trying to figure out what is known to God alone?
#Jesus, having prophesied the doom of #Jerusalem and its #Temple, turned to speak of when such things would take place.
Why do so many invest so much effort into trying to figure out what is known to God alone?
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat (2 Thessalonians 3:12).
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat (2 Thessalonians 3:12).
The #Psalm: Psalm 122:1-9
#David ascends to #Jerusalem and the #Temple, and praises #God.
In whom would Jerusalem and its people find #peace?
#David ascends to #Jerusalem and the #Temple, and praises #God.
In whom would Jerusalem and its people find #peace?
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The #Psalm: Psalm 122:1-9
#David ascends to #Jerusalem and the #Temple, and praises #God.
In whom would Jerusalem and its people find #peace?
#David ascends to #Jerusalem and the #Temple, and praises #God.
In whom would Jerusalem and its people find #peace?
Old Testament Reading: #Isaiah 2:1-5
Isaiah's powerful word received regarding God's ultimate purposes for His people.
How have we come to #Zion and learned of the #God of #Jacob?
Isaiah's powerful word received regarding God's ultimate purposes for His people.
How have we come to #Zion and learned of the #God of #Jacob?
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Old Testament Reading: #Isaiah 2:1-5
Isaiah's powerful word received regarding God's ultimate purposes for His people.
How have we come to #Zion and learned of the #God of #Jacob?
Isaiah's powerful word received regarding God's ultimate purposes for His people.
How have we come to #Zion and learned of the #God of #Jacob?
Children should not be sexualized in any way, shape, or form. May all the people of God say, "Amen!"
11.23 | The Voice 15.47 | Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/againstsexualization/
11.23 | The Voice 15.47 | Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/againstsexualization/
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Children should not be sexualized in any way, shape, or form. May all the people of God say, "Amen!"
11.23 | The Voice 15.47 | Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/againstsexualization/
11.23 | The Voice 15.47 | Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/againstsexualization/
Let your beauty not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes – but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight (1 Peter 3:3-4).
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Let your beauty not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes – but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight (1 Peter 3:3-4).
New Testament Reading: Colossians 1:9-20
#Paul wrote to encourage the #Christians of #Colossae.
What do we learn of #Jesus from Paul’s #exhortation?
#Paul wrote to encourage the #Christians of #Colossae.
What do we learn of #Jesus from Paul’s #exhortation?
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New Testament Reading: Colossians 1:9-20
#Paul wrote to encourage the #Christians of #Colossae.
What do we learn of #Jesus from Paul’s #exhortation?
#Paul wrote to encourage the #Christians of #Colossae.
What do we learn of #Jesus from Paul’s #exhortation?
#Gospel Reading: #Luke 23:33-43
#Jesus has been betrayed, tried, scourged, humiliated, and condemned, and now has come to #Golgotha.
What can we gain from what Jesus experienced on the cross?
#Jesus has been betrayed, tried, scourged, humiliated, and condemned, and now has come to #Golgotha.
What can we gain from what Jesus experienced on the cross?
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#Gospel Reading: #Luke 23:33-43
#Jesus has been betrayed, tried, scourged, humiliated, and condemned, and now has come to #Golgotha.
What can we gain from what Jesus experienced on the cross?
#Jesus has been betrayed, tried, scourged, humiliated, and condemned, and now has come to #Golgotha.
What can we gain from what Jesus experienced on the cross?
Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing (1 Timothy 2:9).
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing (1 Timothy 2:9).
The Psalm: #Luke 1:68-79
#Zechariah, filled with the Spirit, prophesied what sounds very much like a #psalm in response to the birth of his son #John.
Why would we reckon Zechariah’s words as a psalm?
#Zechariah, filled with the Spirit, prophesied what sounds very much like a #psalm in response to the birth of his son #John.
Why would we reckon Zechariah’s words as a psalm?
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Psalm: #Luke 1:68-79
#Zechariah, filled with the Spirit, prophesied what sounds very much like a #psalm in response to the birth of his son #John.
Why would we reckon Zechariah’s words as a psalm?
#Zechariah, filled with the Spirit, prophesied what sounds very much like a #psalm in response to the birth of his son #John.
Why would we reckon Zechariah’s words as a psalm?
How do #Christians today generally talk about immodesty?
What were Paul's and Peter's concerns in terms of #modesty and #immodesty?
How should Christians navigate an immodest world in modest ways?
Immodesty
https://youtu.be/j3W2R0TYSsA
What were Paul's and Peter's concerns in terms of #modesty and #immodesty?
How should Christians navigate an immodest world in modest ways?
Immodesty
https://youtu.be/j3W2R0TYSsA
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How do #Christians today generally talk about immodesty?
What were Paul's and Peter's concerns in terms of #modesty and #immodesty?
How should Christians navigate an immodest world in modest ways?
Immodesty
https://youtu.be/j3W2R0TYSsA
What were Paul's and Peter's concerns in terms of #modesty and #immodesty?
How should Christians navigate an immodest world in modest ways?
Immodesty
https://youtu.be/j3W2R0TYSsA
The end of the Book of #Numbers anticipates the Book of #Joshua. Why would #Moses have ended Numbers in this way?
11.16 | The Voice 15.46 | Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/campslandcities/
11.16 | The Voice 15.46 | Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/campslandcities/
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The end of the Book of #Numbers anticipates the Book of #Joshua. Why would #Moses have ended Numbers in this way?
11.16 | The Voice 15.46 | Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/campslandcities/
11.16 | The Voice 15.46 | Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.venicechurchofchrist.org/voice/campslandcities/