Program
The Role Of A Husband In A Family
10 February 2011 
Irpen Biblical Seminary
Ephesians 5:23-24 - Studies have shown that men are the cause for divorce 80% of the time. For men, it is necessary to apply the teaching of Scripture in your marriages in order to prevent making many of the mistakes and errors that lead to the breakdown of your marriages. In his epistle, Paul shows two major principles that a husband should commit to in order to fulfill God’s purpose in his family life.
Teacher: Igor Smolyar
Life is Love, part 3
3 February 2011 Minsk Theological Seminary
After bathing in the lake and the sea (ie, reflection on Ecclesiastes and Job), we dive into the ocean - the book Song of Songs. The very title of it indicates that this is the best of the songs, the apex of romantic poetry. Love in its every verse. Read at least the first verse: “Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.” I would have never started one of the books of the Bible with these words. In fact, there are words in the book that are even more risqué.
You cannot erase the words of a song once written, and even more from the Song of Songs. One can only wonder how “the babbling of lovers” has become a part of the Bible, especially since it never mentions God! Perhaps it is because God is in it everywhere, in every verse. Where there is love, there is God. Let’s listen to the best of all the songs.
Teacher: Leonid Mikhovich
How Faith Is Shown Through Prayer
27 January 2011 Irpen Biblical Seminary
James 1:5-8 - Today, many people wrongly perceive suffering in the Christian life. James wrote in detail about the trials in the Christian life. In this passage, he teaches that believers must go through tests.
Teacher: Eugene Petrenko
Life Is Suffering, part 2
20 January 2011 Minsk Theological Seminary
The Book of Job is full of paradox and mystery, but it is direct and applies to our modern times even though it was written perhaps about four thousand years ago. The author touches several problems, the problem of suffering, the relationship between righteousness and prosperity and finally reconciling God’s existence and the presence of suffering in the world. Why is there evil in the world if an all-good and almighty God created and governs it? How do we answer this paradox? Job and his friends attempt to answer these questions until God speaks. Listen to the sermon, “Life is suffering.”
Teacher: Leonid Mikhovich
Is It Necessary To See Your Faith?
13 January 2011 Irpen Biblical Seminary
James 2:14-20 - Since religious freedom arrived in Ukraine, there have been a lot of people who have professed their faith in Jesus Christ. How do we determine the authenticity of their professions? Is it possible to establish who possess true faith? Do I need to see evidence of a true faith? In his epistle, James raises this question and answers it. The text of James 2:14-20 discusses two types of faith: invisible and visible faith.
Teacher: Ruslan Kachur
Life Is Vanity, part 1
6 January 2011 Minsk Theological Seminary
Ecclesiastes is one of the most paradoxical, controversial books of the Bible. In his fascinating essay, the author shows that there is no meaning to life without God, and that God gives meaning to all our activities. Let’s look at the book of Ecclesiastes and observe its reflections on life.
Teacher: Leonid Mikhovich
The Christian’s Road To Spiritual Life
30 December 2010 Irpen Biblical Seminary
James 1:22-25 - Every person desires to be successful. Christians also wonder how to succeed and be happy. The book of James helps us to answer this question. James gives an example of two types of Christians, but only one is leading a successful Christian life.
Teacher: Andrey Iskorostensky
All We Need, Part 4
23 December 2010 Minsk Theological Seminary
We finish the meditation on the spiritual quest of Asaph. He had envied the wicked and doubted God when he observed the wicked prospering. He found spiritual healing in the sanctuary, his thinking changed and he gazed upon God’s goodness. Asaph found peace only when he went into the sanctuary of God. He realized that his arguments were superficial and hasty. He was as a beast: foolish, ignorant and narrow-minded in his reasoning. He gave vent to his feelings, guided by instinct, without assessing the situation with biblical perspective. He did not understand that there is more than this life, thinking that what we receive both our reward and punishment on earth. Only when the psalmist drew closer to God was his heart settled. The situation did not change much, if at all. The wicked continue to prosper, but the Psalmist was changed. He has found God!
Teacher: Leonid Mikhovich
Theological Thinking, Part 3
16 December 2010 Minsk Theological Seminary
In Psalm 73, Asaph overcomes his confusion and doubt caused by the prosperity of the wicked by affirming God’s goodness. Asaph’s thinking changed when he walked into the sanctuary. He rose to a new spiritual level of thinking. He understood when he drew close to God. After visiting the sanctuary, he was now in a position to properly assess his state. “When my heart was embittered and I was pierced within, then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.”(Ps. 72:21-22). Asaph began to think spiritually.
Teacher: Leonid Mikhovich
What Happens in the Sanctuary, Part 2
9 December 2010 Minsk Theological Seminary
Psalm 73 deals with some weighty issues such as sin, the punishment for sin, the prosperity the wicked and the suffering of the righteous. The Psalm deals with the paradox between God’s omnipotence and goodness on the one hand and the presence of evil in the world on the other. Asaph was confused as he watched the blatant injustice of this world. His envy of the unbelievers’ carefree and satiated life almost destroyed his faith …
Inspiration came in the sanctuary. Let’s hear how to solve Asaph’s problem.
Teacher: Leonid Mikhovich
