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  • Christmas: God Enters Our Battle

    Christmas: God Enters Our Battle

    December 24, 2020
    The Shepherd’s Voice

    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).  Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray, saying, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup…

  • On Waiting

    On Waiting

    December 15, 2020
    The Shepherd’s Voice

    Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out…

  • The Hope of the Nations

    The Hope of the Nations

    November 26, 2020
    The Shepherd’s Voice

    For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”…

  • The Law of the Lord II (Ps. 119:17-32)

    The Law of the Lord II (Ps. 119:17-32)

    November 10, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    Deal bountifully with your servant,    that I may live and keep your word.Open my eyes, that I may behold    wondrous things out of your law.I am a sojourner on the earth;    hide not your commandments from me!My soul is consumed with longing    for your rules at all times.You rebuke the insolent,…

  • The Law of the Lord I (Psa. 119:1-16)

    The Law of the Lord I (Psa. 119:1-16)

    November 4, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    Blessed are those whose way is blameless,      who walk in the law of the LORD!  Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,      who seek him with their whole heart,  who also do no wrong,      but walk in his ways!  You have commanded your precepts      to be kept diligently.  Oh that my ways…

  • Politics and the Gospel: A Special Message

    Politics and the Gospel: A Special Message

    November 2, 2020
    The Shepherd’s Voice

    Two years ago I posted a blog (We Interrupt This Program…., 11/5/18) “on the eve of one of the most watched elections in US history, at a time when the country is more divided than ever” On the eve of the US Presidential election, those words seem even more accurate–and more ominous. What is most…

  • Homesick–Living Life in the Minor Key

    Homesick–Living Life in the Minor Key

    October 26, 2020
    The Shepherd’s Voice

    Most of us in the church are familiar with Hebrews 11, the so-called “Hall of Fame of Faith.” Many of us can recite at least portions of the great events mentioned. And countless sermons and messages have been preached on faith from this passage. This post is not intended to add to that collection. Rather,…

  • A Father’s Cry

    A Father’s Cry

    October 23, 2020
    The Shepherd’s Voice

    Many years ago, the Christian artist Mark Schultz came out with a song entitled “He’s My Son.” It’s a powerful song about the desperate cry of a father’s heart. Though some see it as a sad song, unworthy of a Christian listening to it, it captured my heart. Songs of honesty always have. This is…

  • Asking the Wrong Questions

    June 2, 2020
    The Shepherd’s Voice

    In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. But they had…

  • Looking Forward not Behind

    Looking Forward not Behind

    May 8, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone…

  • Getting Rid of the Rubbish

    Getting Rid of the Rubbish

    May 7, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God[a] and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone…

  • Looking into the Mirror: The Root of Sin

    Looking into the Mirror: The Root of Sin

    May 4, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s (Exodus 20:17). If the first commandment God gave His people (“no other gods before Me”) set the tone for their relationship…

  • Looking into the Mirror: A True Witness

    Looking into the Mirror: A True Witness

    March 25, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor (Exodus 20:16). When Peter and John were arrested by the Jewish leaders for preaching the resurrection of Christ, they defended themselves by saying, “We cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20). In this simple statement we find the definition and duty…

  • Looking into the Mirror: Not Yours But His

    Looking into the Mirror: Not Yours But His

    March 23, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    You shall not steal (Exodus 20:15). Years ago, a Colorado woman sent in two eight-cent stamps to make up for having used one stamp twice (which, for some reason, had not been canceled). A former IRS employee mailed in one dollar for four ballpoint pens she had never returned to the office. In February 1974,…

  • Looking into the Mirror: The Great Sin

    Looking into the Mirror: The Great Sin

    March 18, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    You shall not commit adultery (Exodus 20:14). Do not commit adultery. This command, like all the Commandments, seems so simple and straightforward. Yet, one look at the world around us–and even within the church–tells a different story. Like many of God’s commands, the church has often been guilty of treating only the symptoms without getting…

  • Looking into the Mirror: The Sin Behind Murder

    Looking into the Mirror: The Sin Behind Murder

    March 16, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    You shall not murder (Exodus 20:13). Like many of the Ten Commandments, most people know (or think they know) what murder is and how it applies to their life. (And most would say it doesn’t, since they have never killed anyone.) However, like all the Commandments, Jesus has a different idea of what murder entails…

  • Looking into the Mirror: Honor Father and Mother

    Looking into the Mirror: Honor Father and Mother

    March 4, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you (Exodus 20:12). In an age where people are living longer, and society is more transient and fragmented than ever, many Christians wonder how this commandment should apply to their relationship with parents…

  • Looking into the Mirror: Remember the Sabbath Day

    Looking into the Mirror: Remember the Sabbath Day

    February 26, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock,…

  • Looking into the Mirror: The Name of the Lord

    Looking into the Mirror: The Name of the Lord

    February 19, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.s (Ex. 20:7). In this post, we will examine what it means to take the name of the Lord in vain. Many are confused about what this commandment does…

  • Looking into the Mirror: The Image of God

    Looking into the Mirror: The Image of God

    February 5, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God,…

  • Looking into the Mirror: No Other Gods

    Looking into the Mirror: No Other Gods

    February 3, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    You shall have no other gods before me (Exodus 20:3). The first commandment that God gives to Israel (and thus to all) is the logical one: Have no other gods before Me. This may seem an obvious command to many, but we have to remember the context. Israel had just left Egypt with their many…

  • Looking into the Mirror: The Ten Commandments

    Looking into the Mirror: The Ten Commandments

    January 31, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,…

  • Running the Race

    January 29, 2020
    The Shepherd’s Voice

    Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as…

  • The Righteousness of God: The Results

    The Righteousness of God: The Results

    January 27, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom…

  • The Righteousness of God: God’s Provision–Jesus

    The Righteousness of God: God’s Provision–Jesus

    January 24, 2020
    Bible Study, The Shepherd’s Voice

    For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for…

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The Gospel Today

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That You May Know offers clear, Scripture-centered insight into one of the most crucial questions believers face: how we can know and live in the assurance of our salvation. Grounded in biblical truth and written with pastoral clarity, this concise commentary walks readers through the nature of salvation, the New Covenant, and the believer’s secure hope in Christ. The second edition features updated formatting for easier reading and new questions for reflection and study—making it ideal for both personal devotion and group discussion. Whether you’re exploring the foundations of faith or deepening your understanding of God’s saving work, this book will help you grow in confidence that you truly belong to Him.

Are you tired of a gospel that feels like just another set of rules to follow? In No Other Gospel, author Michael Floyd challenges the modern church to examine whether it has unwittingly embraced an “other gospel”—one that subtly shifts the focus from radical faith in Christ alone to a reliance on works and self-effort for God’s blessings.

Drawing from his own journey of wrestling with the true meaning of the gospel, Floyd unpacks the crucial difference between living under the realm of law with its blessings and curses, and the realm of faith, which is rooted in the character of God and submitted to His will.

Discover that the purpose of faith is not simply to attain a better life, but to glorify God and enjoy Him forever through a transformative relationship. This book is a call to lay aside the “filthy rags” of self-righteousness and embrace the new identity offered in the New Covenant—an identity empowered by the Spirit to live out of who we are in Christ, rather than striving to earn His favor. No Other Gospel challenges you to:

  • Understand the subtle ways the “other gospel” can creep into our lives and churches.
  • Grasp the liberating truth of living by the Spirit and not under the law.
  • Embrace the radical call to complete dependence on Christ for transformation.
  • See the church as a Spirit-led community defined by its devotion to making disciples.

This 10th Anniversary Edition, with updated language and formatting, is a powerful reminder that true freedom and growth come not from adhering to external standards, but from an unwavering faith in Jesus Christ and the life He has called us to.

The Gospel of John, more than any other, contains the central message of the Gospel. In it are found answers to questions such as, “What does it mean to believe? What is the new birth? How can I be saved?” This commentary takes a close look at the context and teachings of John’s testament of his time with Jesus. Written by an ordinary Christian, That You May Believe (and all of Today’s Disciple Commentaries) is designed to appeal to the everyday reader with little to no knowledge of the Bible or the original languages in which it was written. At the end is a handy study guide, with questions designed to help you think more deeply about John’s gospel and apply its many teachings to your life.

From the Back Cover: “Didn’t Jesus come to give us abundant life? Is this all there is?”

The question is asked often by sincere believers on their journey with Christ. It seems that life has become one series of chores after another, with no real joy, only moments of fleeting happiness. In Keys to the Kingdom, we take a journey toward change. Jesus did indeed promise abundant life to those who walk with Him. We’ll examine three basic questions: * Why do we seek change? * What is biblical change? * How do we change?

We are called to love God and love others, and this journey of change will move us toward that goal, as we become like Christ.

What if the abundant life promised by Christ isn’t about earthly success but something far greater?

In From Blessed to Transformed, Michael Floyd takes readers on a journey beyond the widely embraced but ultimately fleeting promises of the so-called “Blessed Life.” With clarity and conviction, he challenges the modern church’s fixation on material prosperity and personal comfort, calling believers back to the deeper, transformative power of the gospel.

This book isn’t just a critique—it’s an invitation. An invitation to embrace a faith that endures suffering, a hope that is unshakable, and a joy that transcends circumstances. Whether you are questioning what it means to truly follow Christ or seeking a faith that can weather life’s storms, From Blessed to Transformed will challenge, convict, and inspire.

Step beyond the temporary and into the eternal. The journey awaits.

The Modern Corinth

CHURCH IS MESSY. Jesus loves the church. It is not only His plan A – there is no plan B. But when believers from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives come together, challenges inevitably arise: * Divisions around preferred leaders * Sexual sin * Legal disputes * Conflict over non-essential but deeply held convictions * Marriage and the roles of men and women * Fellowship and communion * Spiritual gifts * Worship styles

Is there a common element to these challenges? If so, what is the answer? In The Modern Corinth, author Michael Floyd examines the American church through the lens of the problems faced by the church in 1 Corinthians. His central thesis – that all of these challenges were based in following worldly wisdom rather than holding fast to Scripture and the fundamentals of the gospel – provides a framework for examining the church in America and our own churches. Learn how godly wisdom and a focus on the Gospel can correct the errors of worldly wisdom in the modern American church – for her good and for His glory.