Death is a fearful thing for many people because they have no hope. They think death ends all. The Thessalonian Christians were confused about this as well. They wondered if Christians who die will miss out on the blessed hope of Christ’s coming and eternal life. Transition In our text this morning, the apostle Paul […]
One of the choruses what we often sing on Wednesday nights is “God can do anything but fail”. If you know the chorus, sing it with me. __ Do you really believe what you sang? Not only can God save, keep and cleanse, He can do anything! He can help you through your trial. He […]
Why is it that some Christians seem to get their prayers answered and other do not? Well there may be many reasons for that. For example, the Bible lists many hindrances to prayer like wavering faith, praying amiss, sin in the heart, unforgiveness, living in sin, refusing to obey the Bible, discord in the home, […]
Jesus’ ministry was on front page news. Not only in the local press but also in the national dailies – news about Jesus had reached Jerusalem. A delegation of experts made the 166 km journey to find out just what Jesus was doing and saying in Galilee. While there, they attacked His disciples for not […]
When things happen that don’t make sense to us; our natural response is to ask WHY? No doubt people in Jesus’ day must have asked similar questions, even the disciples. Our text presents several situations that may not at first make sense to us. We may ask why Jesus sent the disciples across Galilee? Why […]
A retreat is pulling back away from the busyness of life long enough to restore our energy. Someone once said, “If you don’t come apart to rest; you will come apart.” That is true both in our physical lives as well as in our spiritual lives. Jesus’ disciples had just completed their long team evangelism […]
A wise person once said, “The best thing you can learn about history is to LEARN from history so you do not repeat it.” Today we are going to learn about four sinful choices that King Herod made which led to a sin that haunted him the rest of his life. (Read text) Transition Herod […]
Someone has wisely said that Jesus’ last command ought to be our first concern. What was that last command? We find it in (Mark 16:15) “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” In our text today, Jesus sent out his 12 disciples on team […]
Wouldn’t it be disappointing if when you get to heaven you discovered a large room full of unopened packages that have your name on it? When you ask what they are, you are told they are things God had for you but because of your lack of faith, God could not give them to you. […]
What is faith? When I was a child, I learned a song that said: “Faith is just believing what God said He will do.” Though simple, that is a fairly good definition of faith. Hebrews 11:1 says “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” This verse tells […]