Open the Bible Minute

Colin Smith

What God Calls Sin

August 19, 2020

Leave your Bible closed and your eyes will remain closed to the sins lurking in your life. Open your Bible and God will open your eyes.

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What appetites are shaping your life, and what is the diet that shaped them? Is your appetite for God being diminished by your hunger and thirst for other things?
August 18, 2020
Do you tend to be hard and demanding with Christians who struggle in their faith? God calls us to be tender toward others and sensitive to the loads they bear, helping out whenever we can.
August 17, 2020
One person with a tender heart who cares and acts for the good of others can make all the difference. Is that you?
August 16, 2020
Folks who are aware of what they have find it difficult to ask. But the person who is poor in spirit is always ready to ask of God.
August 15, 2020
Pride will pour cold water on the flames of love in your marriage. But humility will fan the embers of love into a flame.
August 14, 2020
Your character will be revealed when you must choose how to treat someone who has wronged you. Will you show mercy and forgive?
August 13, 2020
Success of any sort, in any sphere, tends to make us think that we're something. But that just makes it harder to humble ourselves before God.
August 12, 2020
Thomas' faith was not in good shape and his questions were piling up. But Christ drew near to him and told him to stop doubting and believe. He can do that for you, too.
August 11, 2020
Even when we fail in spectacular fashion, mercy means that failure need not have the last word.
August 10, 2020
As long as you see your life as a story of what others have done to you, you will live in anger, frustration, and resentment. Choose instead to see God's hand at work.
August 9, 2020
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Featured Offer

Encouragement for the Depressed by Charles Spurgeon
In this classic book, Charles Spurgeon gently urges those struggling with depression to cast their burdens upon the Lord, who will not forsake His people. Having battled depression and discouragement himself for most of his years in ministry, Spurgeon encourages the downtrodden to hold fast to the promises of God, for He is steadfast and will comfort his children as they walk faithfully with Him.

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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