http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=A2-Gods-Salvation-Program--Lost-SheepnCoin&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

A dozen lessons from the simplest of parables, about a lost sheep and coin. This study was done at a park next to a river near Thurmont, MD.

(Audio -- 45 mins; plus Study - 2 pages; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Job-ch29-Profile-of-a-Righteous-Man&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Job reviews highlights of his former life, giving insights into the honor system of the ancients, what was esteemed in his sight - and a reflection of Jesus' glorious character.

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=A1-Gods-Salvation-Program--The-Sower&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

This parable is a primer on all parables, which are not designed to help everyone understand God's program of salvation. Salvation is on purpose, and God's work produces only 1 out of 4 results in every human heart.

(Video* -- 62 mins; plus Study - 2 pgs; 2018)
* Video goofs up at 19 mins, but recovers after 50 seconds.

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Pt18--Christian-Liberty&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

There are two types of liberty Christians have in the New Covenant: liberty from that which leads to death, and liberty to do that which does not lead to death.

(Video -- 78 mins; plus Study - 3 pgs; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Christian-Couples-and-Contraception&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

A biblical assessment of the various means of contraception, from a minister in S. Africa.

(Essay - 13 pages; ~2010)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Biblical-Perspective-on-Family-Planning&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

The normal expectation for Christian couples is that they be fruitful and multiply. Children, raised in a Godly home under Biblically motivated parents, are a delight. However, does being fruitful and multiplyingmean we must desire to have child after child without any significant time intervals?

(Study - 6 pgs; 2014)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Job-ch28-Where-Is-Wisdom&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

This chapter differs greatly from the rest, as Job continues his parable showing key points about the rarity of finding the way to wisdom.

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Why-Eschatology-Is-Hard&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Three examples of a difficult exegesis, from three classic passages in Thessalonians, Daniel, and Matthew.

(Study - 4 pgs; 2017)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Pt17--Signs-in-the-Lords-Supper&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Like Passover and the Old Covenant seal of sprinkled blood, the Lord's Supper contains sensible signs. But what do they mean? Hopefully this study refreshes your perspective on this glorious sacrament.

(Video -- 61 mins; plus Study - 2 pgs; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Pt16--Case-For-Household-Baptism&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

We offer six (6) lines of reasoning as to why Christian households are the New Covenant's subjects of baptism.

(Video -- 71 mins; plus Study - 4 pgs; 2018)