The book called “To The Golden Shore” is one of my favourite Christian biographies. It is the life story of Adoniram Judson. A according to the dictionary, a biography is “an account of the series of events making up a person’s life.” Your biography may not be written in a book, but you still have […]
Before a person will let you help them, they must trust you. You must earn his or her respect. If he does not respect and value your opinion, you will have very little positive influence on his life. This is true in our witness, in our ministries, and especially in our families. Many children have […]
There are several ways to sharpen a knife. You could use a stone, a steel, a file, a diamond sharpener, or a leather strap with pumice applied. Used correctly, each will improve the knife’s use. A sharp knife will do a better job of cutting. Transition In 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 I find six ways to […]
Read Acts 17:2-4. Paul preached the gospel of Christ in Thessalonica. Some believed. This morning we are going to see in 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 how that gospel changed their lives and how it can change yours. Transition We are going to focus on three aspects of the gospel. The Gospel Presentation (1:5) The gospel is […]
Kent Crockett wrote, “The attitude of gratitude is important for several reasons: Thankfulness acknowledges that God is our provider. Thankfulness prevents a complaining spirit. Thankfulness creates a positive outlook on life. Thankfulness invites joy to dwell in our hearts.” (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, pp. 161) Transition The […]
When we receive a letter or an email, one of the first things we do is look to see who it is from. No one wants to read a letter without knowing who wrote it. For this reason, our custom of signing the letter at the end is rather impractical. Letters in the New Testament […]
This morning we are going to go back in time to about the year 50 AD. This is about 20 years after Christ returned to heaven. We are going to travel with Paul and Silas on their second missionary trip. Turn with me to Acts 15:40. They travelled from Antioch of Syria through Cilicia confirming […]
1st Reason to Study the Bible Daily So you can learn to Fear God Deuteronomy 17:19 “And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to […]
As we begin, I want us to read the Christmas story found in Luke 2:1-7; 2:8-20. While it is exciting to read the story of how God took on a human body and came into this world, it is far more important that we understand why He came to the earth. Transition (Read John 3:17) […]
Though I am not endorsing Mark Twain, what he said about anger is worth repeating. “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” Today we are going to see that Jonah had a problem with anger. Transition As […]