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Open the Bible is the teaching ministry of Pastor Colin Smith. Our mission is to use a broad array of modern media to help people around the world meet Jesus. We do this by opening the Bible for them, helping them open the Bible themselves, and equipping them to open the Bible with others.
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If you’ve ever said, I just can’t change! you need to meet the man in the Bible who couldn’t repent. Pastor Colin Smith talks about what stood between Esau and repentance, and how real and lasting change is possible for you.
Some who call themselves Christians think it really doesn’t matter how they live. Others who call themselves Christians feel defeated by their own failure. Pastor Colin explains how the answer to both of these conditions is found in the gospel.
How can you pray to God more boldly? How can you pray more humbly? Pastor Colin talks about how you can pray both more humbly AND more boldly!
Some Christians have become confused about how to use God’s promises about prayer: The Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Pastor Colin talks about what it means to pray with faith.
Some people have the idea that Christianity is a boring life of endless duties, Do’s and Don’ts, burdens and guilt, long faces and heaviness. If this is what you’ve seen, Pastor Colin has good news for you.
Some people think faith is positive thinking or believing in yourself. Pastor Colin explains why Christian faith is precisely the opposite; it begins with facing the reality of your own condition.
If you think repentance is beating yourself up, you won’t be able to hear what Jesus says about a changed life. Pastor Colin talks about why you may be pleasantly surprised to find out what repentance really is.
We come to the Lord’s Supper in order to be fed. But we are offered a tiny wafer and a thimble of juice. The obvious question is: Where’s the meal? Pastor Colin talks about how the Lord’s Supper feeds us.
When we gather around the Lord’s Supper, we remember Christ’s death, and we proclaim his death. This is what we do. Pastor Colin talks about what Christ does at the Lord’s Supper.
If you are a Christian, you have the Spirit of Christ living in you. Pastor Colin talks about what that looks like and how it will change you.
There is a direct connection between faith and serving. Serving well, the Bible says, gives you a more confident faith. Pastor Colin talks about why assurance, an enjoyment of God, is given to those who serve well.
The preacher’s task is to prepare the meal of God’s Word for God’s people. But there is something for you to do too. Pastor Colin talks about how to use your knife and fork!
When Jesus spoke about hell, he used two words to warn us. Pastor Colin talks about the words He used and what they mean.
Did you know that how you listen to a sermon will determine what kind of effect it has on your life? Pastor Colin gives us some practical tips for listening to God’s Word more effectively.
Are you convinced that there’s nothing more for you to receive from Jesus? This is a great danger for people who grow up in church. Pastor Colin helps us learn to cultivate a faith that loves, trusts, and follows Jesus.
What is faith? And what does it do in a person’s life? Pastor Colin talks about how faith changes a person’s life.
When the Lord is your shepherd, His love welcomes you. Pastor Colin talks about what it will be like when the Good Shepherd welcomes His people into the immediate presence of the Lord.
When the Lord is your shepherd, His love surrounds you. Pastor Colin talks about the love of the Good Shepherd that pursues and welcomes.
1In heaven, the Bible says, the former things will not be remembered.’ This doesn’t mean you won’t have any memories of this life. Pastor Colin talks about what it does mean.
God has new strength, new purpose, and new joy for you. Pastor Colin talks about how it can become yours.
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