Choose Life!
Deuteronomy 30:15-19 Bob and Pam were Christian missionaries to the Philippine Islands and Pam was experiencing a difficult time of pregnancy. As her time progressed, Pam contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection that enters the intestines through contaminated beverage or food. This type of infection sent Pam into a coma. To revive Pam from the coma, […]
Why Move?
Numbers 13-14 1) Because God said so. Moses had to lead the people because God called Him to accomplish this task. Exodus 3 and 4 we see Moses making excuse after excuse about this mission. He went, though, because God commanded that he go. The same is true with the spies. God was telling them […]
A Biblical Model for Vital Churches
Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3; 15:1-3, 30-4 1. Vital churches are empowered by the Holy Spirit. The church at Antioch was empowered by the Holy Spirit. 1. 11:24 Their leader was full of the Holy Spirit. “(Barnabas) was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith…” 2. 11:28 A visiting preacher prophesied by the Holy Spirit. […]
Answers to Some Pro-Choice Arguments
It’s not a life. Even if one did not want to deal with the complications involved in the technical definition of “life,” an embryo is still a human being—it has human characteristics and it exists—thereby affording it the protection originally intended by the founding fathers when they drafted the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of […]
Your God and Your Tears
Psalm 56:8-11 Children are experts in the crying business. They can fall and skin a knee, and the tears flow. They can fall off their tricycles or bicycles, and the tears well up in their eyes and trickle down their little cheeks. They know how to cry. Crying, shedding tears, is a part of life. […]
You Can Do It!
Philippians 4:13 Introduction: I. I can do. What was Paul doing? a) Content with his circumstances (V. 12) Paul has learned the secret of contentment . . . he can be hungry, or well fed . . . he has learned to be content with much, or with little. He was rejoicing in all things […]
Worshiping the SAVIOR, Not a Celebrity
Matthew 28:16-20 The word Twitter has entered our vocabulary recently. With the Iranian protesters using Twitter as a means of telling their story in that troubled nation, millions of people have been exposed to the brutal reactions of the Iranian government. The authorities have been seen beating and, in some instances, killing those who have […]
Woe to You Who Are at Ease in Zion
Amos 6:1-8 Illustration: The difficulty of repeating as champions I. The Number one temptation facing God’s people today – Complacency. Israel was complacent because of their military might wealth religion We are complacent because of our military might wealth religious freedom church – pay someone else to do my ministry for me II. Woe to […]
The Winning Team
Philemon 1-25 1)Love for Christ and for each other (v. 4-5). If you are to be on the winning team, you must care for each other and love one another. A team that has “superstars” is not a team. 2)Dedicated to a common goal (v. 6). You must have goals. What is our common goal? To reach people […]
Why is the Church So Important?
I Cor. 1:2; 3:5-10 and 16:19. “I am an alumnus of the church”, the man said to a friend. He obviously had given up on the church. I don’t know that I have ever heard of that term until I heard that story. It raises the question, is the church really important? When Jesus said, “upon this rock, […]
