Living God’s Unshakable Truth
Psalms 86:11 Introduction Someone wrote Billy Graham with the following question: Q: “I’m new at going to church, so I apologize if my question is too simple. But several times our pastor has talked about the blood of Jesus saving us, and I don’t understand what he means by that, (and I’m too embarrassed to […]
Let’s Start Walking on the Water
Matthew 14:22-32 Introduction: Sin has begun to dominate our society. We as Christians are allowing it to dominate us as well. We are becoming callused to sin. Mother and I watched a movie she had seen in 1968. In 1968 they walked out of the movie and said it was “trash.” We watched it a […]
Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So
Psalms 107:1-10 Topics: Redemption, Testimony, Thanks, Thanksgiving A minister friend survived a close call with death. He recently shared his testimony with a small group of fellow ministers of which I was a part. My friend was in the hospital for weeks, knocking at the door of death. Apparently, he was afflicted with a bacterial […]
Lessons In Tragedy
The horrific events of last week are fresh on our minds, and our hearts go out to our friends throughout the area who lost family members and property. Many of our churches collected funds last Sunday for food and shelter, and other opportunities will come in the days ahead for people of faith to step […]
Lessons From Nehemiah
1) God gives us much more than we deserve, (Nehemiah 9:7-25). Solomon says there is nothing new under the sun. Humans have not changed. In spite of our sinfulness, God has been good to you and me. The question I have often heard is, “If God is good, why has He allowed this bad thing to happen […]
Lessons from a Bar-B-Q
Daniel 3 Topics: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The story is of three Hebrew children, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; also known by their Chaldean names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The fiery furnace was a place that was kept hot 24 hours a day for the cremation of the dead. I. Standing firm begins before you face the fiery […]
Lessons from a “Drunken” Sailor
Jonah 1:1-17 I. Love unlovely: God accomplishes His will . . . sometimes this is not what we as selfish humans desire, (Jonah 1:1, Jonah 4:2). He did not give Jonah an option. It is easy to love those who love us. The Assyrians (whose Nineveh was an important city of the Assyrian empire). Nahum 2:11-12; Nahum 3:19 tells of […]
Leadership Lessons from the Life of our Lord
Introduction: Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe shared the following in a message titled “The First Government” in a series called “Back to Our Beginnings”. Dr. Wiersbe made reference to Dr. Walter Wilson (1881-1969) witnessing to a police officer. He told him it was good to meet a fellow minister of God. To this the officer responded but you […]
The Leader Can’t Do It All By Himself
Exodus 18:17-23 I. The preacher and the staff can’t do it all by themselves. (17-18) Moses couldn’t. The disciples couldn’t. We need your help and we are all ministers. What results when a leader tries to do it alone? 1. He is overworked and simply cannot do all that needs to be done. 2. The people […]
It’s a Hard-knock Life
John 16:33 The little redhead sang the song so joyfully, “it’s a hard knock life”. I remember seeing the movie, based on the Broadway play, which was based on the comic strip. “Little Orphan Annie” and smiling as she dance and declared victory over the hard-knock life. The year was 1982, as I recall. My […]
