People Who were Close to God: Barnabas: Growth over a Lifetime with God Right Click to Download Barnabas Intro: Who is Barnabas? We wanted to talk about Barnabas tonight because he is a guy who’s life really amounted to something. And the great thing about Barnabas is that he was with the Lord for a…

People who were Close to God: David: Loved both God and Sin Right Click to Download Intro: A different time I want to talk about two events in David’s life that will show some great lessons about his relationship with God. But first I think there are some peculiarities about David’s time that we should…

People who were Close to God: Jacob: Not the Godly Type Right Click to Download Jacob: essentially lives a life of struggle What we see in the life of this fellow Jacob is a life of struggle.  This is what his name means, “Jacob,” “the caniver,” the supplanter.”  His second name as well, which God…

People who were Close to God: Mary: A Common Heroine Right Click to Download Possible themes God’s servant: Do whatever you want with me (Luke 1:38). Role reversal: Mary as an example of how God turns things upside down (Luke 1:46-55). Intro There are two problems that come up when you talk about Mary. The…