http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=C1-Christian-Business--Stewardship&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

This unusual parable teaches a lesson about stewardship, but it's not obvious at first glance what Jesus is driving at. If we are to avoid the love of money as the root of all evil, how are we to emulate this unjust steward?

(Video -- 61 mins; plus Study - 2 pages; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=B3-Workers-in-Grace--Wicked-Vinedressers&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Getting into a rental is quick and easy - all the hard work has been done, and it's cheap. Sometimes the long-term renters can forget who actually owns the house. Israel did.

(Video -- 71 mins; plus Study - 3 pages; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=B2-Workers-in-Grace--The-Vineyard&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Salvation is God's free gift of grace; seems simple to understand. Yet when the reward of grace appears, there are shocking results, as some salaried farm-hands are about to learn.

(Video -- 69 mins; plus Study - 2 pages; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=B1-Workers-in-Grace--Good-Samaritan&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Now that we're saved, how do we live? This study looks at this using a lawyer's question to answer who our neighbor is.

(Video -- 61 mins; plus Study - 2 pages; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=A3-Gods-Salvation-Program--Prodigal-Son&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

The classic Christian illustration of God's salvation from a human perspective. We don't overtly sense Jesus fetching our souls from a lost estate, but we experience it in a very real and moving way.

(Audio -- 63 mins; plus Study - 3 pages; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=A2-Gods-Salvation-Program--Lost-SheepnCoin&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

A dozen lessons from the simplest of parables, about a lost sheep and coin. This study was done at a park next to a river near Thurmont, MD.

(Audio -- 45 mins; plus Study - 2 pages; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Job-ch29-Profile-of-a-Righteous-Man&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

Job reviews highlights of his former life, giving insights into the honor system of the ancients, what was esteemed in his sight - and a reflection of Jesus' glorious character.

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=A1-Gods-Salvation-Program--The-Sower&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

This parable is a primer on all parables, which are not designed to help everyone understand God's program of salvation. Salvation is on purpose, and God's work produces only 1 out of 4 results in every human heart.

(Video* -- 62 mins; plus Study - 2 pgs; 2018)
* Video goofs up at 19 mins, but recovers after 50 seconds.

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Pt18--Christian-Liberty&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

There are two types of liberty Christians have in the New Covenant: liberty from that which leads to death, and liberty to do that which does not lead to death.

(Video -- 78 mins; plus Study - 3 pgs; 2018)

http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=Christian-Couples-and-Contraception&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0

A biblical assessment of the various means of contraception, from a minister in S. Africa.

(Essay - 13 pages; ~2010)