The Heidelberg Catechism - The Foundations Of Our Faith

Here is the next Bible study in the series "Fascinating Lives.     Rehoboam: The Reckless Phony   You wouldn't have known it at first, but their home was nothing but a facade. Literally. One side looked like a beautiful, half-million-dollar home with brick and siding on the exterior, while the other side was nothing but a lattice of two-by-fours propped up with pulleys and scaffolding. Tap on the brick and you hear the hollow thump of plaster and chicken wire. Of course, the family who lived there didn't exist, except for thirty minutes each week on television. I am amazed by the detail that set designers put into a television studio. Look in one direction and you see the outside of a home, complete with bushes and grass, even ivy climbing the brick walls. Look in another, and you see a living room. They even improvised an outdoor camping scene with trees, dirt, and a completely realistic campfire. Everything was created with great attention to detail and with a high valu...

Matthew 18 Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?"22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. 23 "Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.24 When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.25 And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.26 So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.'27 And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.28 But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, 'Pay what you owe.'29 So his fellow servant fell down an...