Open the Bible Minute

Colin Smith

Heart from Treasure

August 29, 2014

Is your heart following after Jesus or after money? If you want to move your heart, move your money and your heart will follow.

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Sometimes it's hard to imagine anything good coming from our pain, but God can bring full and plentiful redemption from it.
August 28, 2014
Do you find pleasure in the memory of past sins? Try remembering what those sins did to Jesus instead!
August 27, 2014
The further you let temptation go, the harder it is to overcome. The time to confront it is now!
August 26, 2014
Without Christ we are like slaves, working hard but never improving our situation. With Christ, we are “no longer a slave, but a son.”
August 25, 2014
Mankind has plenty of suggestions on how to find purpose and fulfillment, but that still leaves us under God’s judgment.
August 24, 2014
The world needs people who delight in the gospel, rather than in themselves or in their church.
August 23, 2014
Have you found victory in Christ, or do you still see yourself as a slave to sin? Victory begins with believing you can prevail by the grace of God.
August 22, 2014
What gives us the right to foist our Christian beliefs on those who have their own cultures and traditions?
August 21, 2014
Are you truly trusting Christ to give you life, or are you still seeking to  save yourself through a good life and being active in the church?
August 20, 2014
Christ did not come along like a cue ball, touching us long enough to save us, then sending us off to attempt a righteous life on our own. 
August 19, 2014
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Featured Offer

Green Pastures, Still Waters: 31 Days in Psalm 23 by Colin Smith
Green Pastures Still Waters is the new 31-day devotional based on Psalm 23 from Pastor Colin. God has used this psalm to encourage His people for over 3,000 years! May God use these familiar words to bring you fresh strength, hope, comfort, and encouragement.

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