http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=B1-Workers-in-Grace--Good-Samaritan&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Now that we're saved, how do we live? This study looks at this using a lawyer's question to answer who our neighbor is.

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

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=A3-Gods-Salvation-Program--Prodigal-Son&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

The classic Christian illustration of God's salvation from a human perspective. We don't overtly sense Jesus fetching our souls from a lost estate, but we experience it in a very real and moving way.

(Audio -- 63 mins; plus Study - 3 pages; 2018)

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)