Pastor Lester Bentley

Category: Christianity

  • ABC of Prayer: A Critical Spirit

    ABC of Prayer: A Critical Spirit

    A Critical Spirit It seems, we have all done it.  We say we love them and are friends of theirs and then criticize them, and a short time later pray for them.  Or the opposites happens when we pray for someone and then ten minutes later we point a figure at them in anger and…

  • The Problem of a Slave

    The Problem of a Slave

    Without an understanding of the slave problem as it existed in the Roman empire of Paul’s day the Epistle to Philemon cannot be fully appreciated. Slaves were a recognized part of the social structure and were considered members of their master’s household. Between the years 146 BCE and 235 CE the proportion of slaves to…

  • Galatians: Gospels in Conflict; Promise Preceded the Law

    Galatians: Gospels in Conflict; Promise Preceded the Law

    Christ the “Seed” of Promise Galatians 3:15-20 It is the promise to Abraham – the covenant with him – that is absolutely central to Paul in Chapter 3. He first raised the topic in verse 8: “In you shall all the nations be blessed,” citing Genesis 12:2,3. Then in Galatians 3:16 he referred to the…