Today’s Scripture passage takes place on the road to Caesarea Philippi. Caesarea Philippi was in the country, about 38 km north of Bethsaida, at the “upper source” of the Jordan River, and near the base of Mount Hermon. Mount Hermon is 2814 m tall making it the tallest mountain in Palestine. The runoff from its […]
Sing my new song “Forgiven”. If you have done wrong in the past but have humbly sought God’s forgiveness, you are forgiven! God included both good and bad in the Bible so that we might learn from both. If we do not learn from history we are bound to repeat the same mistakes others have […]
Jesus had just been in Decapolis on the east side of Galilee. He had ministered to a huge crowd of over four thousand for three days. He feed the people before sending them home with seven loaves of bread and a few fish. After the feeding of the four thousand they collected seven large baskets […]
If you are a husband (or a wife to some degree), you are to lead in your home and make choices that will make your home a godly haven for your marriage and your children. Transition One of the best things we can do to improve the godliness of our homes is to make upward, […]
Death is a fearful thing for many people because they have no hope. They think death ends all. The Thessalonian Christians were confused about this as well. They wondered if Christians who die will miss out on the blessed hope of Christ’s coming and eternal life. Transition In our text this morning, the apostle Paul […]
The day before a trip is always filled with excitement and packing. We have learned over the years that it pays to make a list of things that need to be done. There is nothing more frustrating than getting to your destination and discovering that you left behind your shoes or something else of importance. […]
One of the choruses what we often sing on Wednesday nights is “God can do anything but fail”. If you know the chorus, sing it with me. __ Do you really believe what you sang? Not only can God save, keep and cleanse, He can do anything! He can help you through your trial. He […]
William Carey is known as the father of modern missions. Leaving a thriving Baptist church in England, this young preacher spent the next 40 years of his life preaching the gospel in India. He was instrumental in translating large portions of the Bible into 34 languages. He had a burning desire to see lost souls […]
Why is it that some Christians seem to get their prayers answered and other do not? Well there may be many reasons for that. For example, the Bible lists many hindrances to prayer like wavering faith, praying amiss, sin in the heart, unforgiveness, living in sin, refusing to obey the Bible, discord in the home, […]
God used the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah to stir the hearts of His people and put them into action. They began again to rebuild the temple (Ezr 5:1-2). Once again the devil tried to hinder their work. Officials from Persia came to Jerusalem. This time however, the Jews were determined to obey God and […]