Better Choice – Hermit 20 September 2020 PM – Proverbs 21:9 – BC20 – Scott Childs Introduction: Our text this evening is not alone in the book of Proverbs. Proverbs 25:24 is identical except for an added word “and”. Also, Proverbs 21:19 is very similar. Thus, we will consider all three of these verses together. […]
Better Choice – Love 13 September 2020 PM – Proverbs 15:17 – BC20 – Scott Childs Introduction: If you were truly hungry and given a choice between a tiny bowl of vegetables or sitting down to a feast featuring organic prime beef, most of you would probably choose the organic prime beef. However, if you […]
Better Choice – Good Name 6 September 2020 PM – Proverbs 22.1 – BC20 – Scott Childs Introduction: Some years ago, a young man said to me, “I do not care what people think about me.” That kind of attitude is the opposite of what God tells us in our text this evening. (Read Proverbs […]
Better Choice – Open Rebuke 30 August 2020 PM – Proverbs 27:5 – BC20 – Scott Childs Introduction: Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, who broke both legs in a fall, had no doctor to set his broken bones and thus he was a cripple for the rest of his life. When a person breaks a […]
Better Choice – Quietness 23 August 2020 PM – Proverbs 17:1 – BC20 – Scott Childs Introduction: Natural health experts say that one of the major contributors to poor health is stress. That is why they recommend things like meditation, slow deep breathing, peaceful walks, gratitude journals, Bible reading and prayer to calm the spirit. […]
Better Choice – Fear the Lord 16 August 2020 PM – Proverbs 15:16 – Choices – Scott Childs Introduction: Life is full of important choices. What school courses will I take? Does God want me to attend a Bible College or secular university? Does God want me to be a preacher or missionary (or his […]
Better Choices – Despised 9 August 2020 PM – Proverbs 12:9 – Choices – Scott Childs Introduction: We are going to begin a brief series on Better Choices from the book of Proverbs. Read Proverbs 12:9. When I was in grade school, we had a holiday called St. Patricks Day. On that day, everyone in […]
Sons who did not Listen to Dad 2 August 2020 PM – 2Kings 23:31 – Kings20 – Scott Childs Introduction: Last week, we looked at the last kings of Israel before Israel went into captivity. This evening, we pick up the history of Judah over 100 years later. As we do, we are going to […]
God-Rejecting Consequences 26 July 2020 PM – 2Kings 13-17 – Kings20 – Scott Childs Introduction: As a teenager, I hit my thumb very hard with a hammer. The consequences were blood, great pain, and the loss of my thumbnail. Those are normal consequences for such an accident. Transition: When a nation or a person rejects […]
Stay on God’s Path 19 July 2020 PM – 2Chronicles 34-35 – Kings20 – Scott Childs Introduction: The spiritual life of Judah in the 7th century BC was much like a yoyo. They went down with wicked Ahaz for 16 years. They went up with his godly son Hezekiah for 29 years. Then his very […]