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The Spirit’s Power

January 24, 2025

What is the role of the Holy Spirit regarding living a godly life in this world?

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Past Episodes

The purpose of God’s law was not to show us how we may climb to heaven. Rather, it is the pattern that God set forth that we may know what righteousness looks like.
January 23, 2025
The 10 Commandments show us God’s holy and righteous standard for our lives. To follow them is to live a godly life.
January 22, 2025
The Old Testament sacrificial system pointed forward to the time when the ultimate sacrifice would be made by Jesus Christ.
January 21, 2025
We must believe in God as He is, and not as we wish Him to be. To mold Him into our image is insulting to Him.
January 20, 2025
God is the only being who is self-sustaining. He alone eternally subsists!
January 19, 2025
Through faith, we enjoy the credit of Christ’s righteousness to our account. That is the basis of our standing before God.
January 18, 2025
The account of Noah in the Bible teaches us to be ready. Christ will return someday. Will you be ready when He does?
January 17, 2025
The devil uses many traps to ensnare people, but one of his greatest traps is the temptation to distrust and disbelieve God’s Word.
January 16, 2025
We are both created by God and sustained by God. This truth both humbles and dignifies us.
January 15, 2025
Abraham and the patriarchs in the Bible were saved in the same way that we are, by faith in the Lord Jesus. Abraham believed God, and it was counted as righteousness.
January 14, 2025
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About Open the Bible Minute

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.

About Colin Smith

Colin Smith is senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church, a thriving, multi-campus church located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and Founder and Teaching Pastor of Open the Bible.

Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he trained at the London School of Theology where he earned the degrees of Bachelor of Theology and Master of Philosophy. Before coming to the States in 1996, Colin served as senior pastor of the Enfield Evangelical Free Church in London.

He is the author of several books including Momentum: Pursuing God’s Blessings through the Beatitudes; Heaven, How I Got Here: The Story of the Thief on the Cross; Jonah: Navigating a God-Centered Life; The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional; 10 Keys for Unlocking the Bible; The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life; as well as others. His preaching ministry is shared around the world through Open the Bible.

Colin and his wife Karen reside in Arlington Heights, Ill., and have two married sons and five granddaughters.

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Open the Bible
P.O. Box 3454
Barrington, IL 60011
Telephone
1-877-OPEN-365