The Lord … Reigneth 22 January 2023 PM – Revelation 19:1-6 – Stepping Stones – Scott Childs Introduction: According to the BBC, “The most senior US general estimates that around 100,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine. Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs […]
Stepping Stones Under the Shadow of the Almighty 15 January 2023 PM – Psalm 91 – Stepping Stones – Scott Childs Introduction: In his book, THE BUMPS ARE WHAT YOU CLIMB ON, Warren Wiersbe tells this story. “A little boy was leading his sister up a mountain path and the way was not too easy. […]
Living under the Curse 8 January 2023 AM – Genesis 3:16-19 – Sin – Scott Childs Introduction: God created a perfect world. After each day of Creation, God declared that His Creation was good! Just three chapters into the Bible, much of what God made good had turned to bad. What happened? Critics ask, If […]
For Our Good 9 January 2022 PM – Genesis 42 – Gen2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: Mephibosheth (2Sa 4), fell and broke his legs. He had no doctor to set them, and he was a cripple for the rest of his life. When a person breaks a leg, the doctor forces the bone back into […]
Avoiding Despair 12 December 2021 PM – Genesis 40:1-23 – Gen2021 – Scott Childs Introduction: Hope is the opposite of despair. Despair is the sense that all hope is gone. “There are millions of African women who face despair over their plight at the hands of Islamic invaders who rape them, kill them, or take […]
Grace for Bearing Burdens 7 November 2021 PM – Genesis 35 – Gen2021 – Scott Childs Introduction: The Christian life is not a burden-free life. Christians get sick, get Covid, lose loved ones, suffer family problems, face work pressures, and have car troubles like everyone else. In fact, Christians carry the added burden of persecution. “Yea, […]
God Cares! 29 August 2021 PM – 1 Peter 5:6-7 – Burdens – Scott Childs Introduction: On Thursday, as I was praying for a friend who has an illness, the Holy Spirit rebuked me for not believing more confidently that God really cares. He reminded me that God really loves my friend more than I […]
Encouragement in Distress 29 August 2021 AM – 1Samuel 30:1-6 – Burdens – Scott Childs Introduction: David had been fleeing from King Saul. He made friends with the Philistines and they gave him the town Ziklag. Six hundred men and their families resided there with David. (Archaeologists just discovered that town about six years ago). […]