Wiley Student Ministries Pastor Todd Bounds

Faith requires an object to rely upon. If the object relied upon does what is expected of it, then that faith is alive. But if not, that faith is dead. Find out more in this lesson on the nature of faith and its necessary work for life.

Faith relies upon something else to do a work on its behalf. Man relies on morals, norms and standards, and protocols to accomplish different works for them each and every moment. Find out more in this lesson on faith's relationship with the heart of man.

God's love gave man the ability to make his own decisions. God's sovereignty holds man accountable for the decisions he makes. Find out more about the power of free will in this lesson on its role in making decisions and forming beliefs.

What persuades us to choose to rely on different things to be our morals, norms and standards, and protocols? Find out more in this lesson about becoming convinced to rely on information from Acts 26:25-29.

A special lesson designed to instruct on water baptism. Being baptized is a command for the believer, but does it have any impact on the believer's forgiveness and spiritual life? Find out more in this lesson on water baptism from Acts 2:38 and Romans 6:3-4.

Why are you persuaded to trust some things but not other things? It all comes down to your value filtration systems. Find out more about how you assign value and are persuaded to trust information in this lesson on evaluation filters.