Maintaining Victory 27 August 2023 AM – Joshua 7-8 – Victory – Scott Childs Introduction: A person who fails is not a failure; he only becomes a failure when he stops trying to succeed. Jericho, the city of palm trees, was located about 16 km northwest of the Dead Sea, 243 m below sea level. […]
Victory over Sin 20 August 2023 AM – 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 – Victory – Scott Childs Introduction: In 2017, the Slovenian cyclist, Luka Pibernik, was competing in the Giro d’Italia. When he thought he crossed the finish line first, he raised his arms in triumph. Unfortunately, the race was not over. Another lap remained. His […]
Overcoming Social Sins 16 July 2023 PM – Colossians 3:8-11 – Col23 – Scott Childs Introduction: We are social people. We live with people. We work with people. We interact with people. As a result, there are times that we conflict with people. Our sinful nature has a strong tendency to get upset with those […]
Responding to Evil 23 October 2022 AM – Romans 12:20-21 – Rom2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: “After Jim Elliot and four other missionaries were killed by Huaorani tribesmen in 1956, no one expected what happened next. Jim’s wife, Elisabeth, their young daughter, and another missionary’s sister willingly chose to make their home among the very […]
No Condemning Sentence 20 March 2022 AM – Romans 8:1-11 – Ro2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: Dr David Thomason wisely observed. “Romans 6 presents the possibility of victorious living, while Romans 7 presents the human impossibility of victorious Christian living, then Romans 8 presents what happens when God is in the picture! Romans 7 is […]
Is the Law our Friend or Foe? 27 February 2022 AM – Romans 7:7-25 – Ro2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: On my morning bike ride, I often see a woman walking her huge Rottweiler. The dog always lunges for me and acts as if it wants to rip me to shreds. I was becoming fearful […]
The Permanence of Marriage 13 February 2022 AM – Romans 7:1-6 – Ro2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: We use illustrations to make things clearer and easier to understand. The best illustrations use things that the hearer clearly understands. They help him grasp something he does not understand. For example, if you have never eaten a […]
Changing Masters 6 February 2022 AM – Romans 6:14-23 – Ro2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: John Newton’s epitaph reads: John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he […]
Strengthening Your Defence 30 January 2022 AM – Romans 6:11-13 – Rom2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: (Proverbs 25:28) “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.” If you have not been living a victorious life over sin, your walls are broken down. Transition: […]
Why Not Continue in Sin? 23 January 2022 AM – Romans 6:1-7 – Rom2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: In Romans 5, we learned that God’s grace is overflowing! No matter how bad our sin may be, God’s grace is greater. God offers us more divine help through Christ’s death and resurrection than we will ever […]