Marvels of Salvation Justification 5 December 2023 AM – Text: Romans 4:25 – Topic: Justification Introduction: A water filter removes impurities from the water, making it cleaner. A water distiller removes the water from the impurities through evaporation, resulting in totally pure water. Religion tries to remove sin from the sinner. God’s justification removes the […]
Marvels of Salvation Redemption 26 November 2023 AM – Text: Colossians 1:14 – Topic: Salvation – Series: Marvels Introduction: Martin and Gracia Burnham, American New Tribes missionaries, were celebrating their eighteenth wedding anniversary at the Dos Palmas Resort in the Philippines. Before daybreak on 27 May 2001, they, along with 18 other people, were abducted […]
Marvels of Salvation Propitiation 19 November 2023 AM – Text: 1John 4:10 – Topic: Salvation – Series: Sal23 Introduction: If you lived before the death of Christ, every time you sinned, you were required to take a sacrificial animal to the temple to atone for your sin. While the blood of that animal would pay […]
Salvation’s Transformation 18 June 2023 PM – Colossians 2:11-15 – Col23 – Scott Childs Introduction: Some people don’t want to accept their need for change. The story is told of a doctor who told a man that he must give up eating red meat, so he stopped putting tomato sauce on his hamburgers. For […]
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The Mystery 2 April 2023 PM – Col 1:24-29 – Col23 – Scott Childs Introduction: In Colossians 1:24-29, Paul said that he rejoiced in his sufferings for the Colossi believers. This verse does not imply that Paul was suffering because Christ did not suffer enough for our sin. Christ alone paid for our entire sin […]
Go Home to Your Friends 12 March 2023 AM – Mark 5:1-20 – Friend Day – Scott Childs Introduction: Read Mark 5:1-20. [Use Map] The main character of this story was a demon-possessed man who lived near Gadara on the southeast corner of the Sea of Galilee. Mostly Gentiles lived in the Gadara region. For […]
Christ’s Yoke 30 October 2022 AM – Matthew 11:28-30 – Salvation – Scott Childs Introduction: Today, farmers use tractors to pull wagons, ploughs, cultivators, and other farm implements. Manufacturers rate the power of a tractor in horsepower. When I was a boy, our small farm tractor had 25 hp. Its pulling power was about the […]
Christ’s Necessary Death 23 October 2022 PM – Acts 17:1-4 – Lord’s Supper – Scott Childs Introduction: In Acts 16, Paul and Silas were beaten and locked in painful stocks in the inner prison. After God sent a great earthquake, the jailer was saved, and they were released. From there, the missionaries travelled west to […]
Righteousness: By Works or Faith? 3 July 2022 AM – Romans 10:1-13 – Rom2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: The First Century orthodox Jews who heard the Gospel message had mixed feelings about it. Some angrily rejected it and held tightly to their Judaism. Others considered the message, but bristled at the thought of salvation by […]