When people think of us, they think of our reputation. In the mind of every person who knows us there is a database of information. That information is based on our attitudes, appearance, words and actions. It is based on whether we are kind or cruel, helpful or hurtful, cheerful or grumpy, calm or angry, […]
Years ago, cameras did not have auto focus. You had to carefully adjust the focus or the photo would be blurry. Your life does not have an auto focus either. You must adjust your own focus. What is your life focussed on right now? Transition In Mark 1:14-20, the Lord challenges us to adjust our […]
In Acts 1:3 we read, “To whom also he [Jesus] shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:” This morning we examined how that Cleopas and his friend had talked with Jesus on the road to […]
It was Sunday afternoon in Jerusalem, three days after Jesus was crucified. Jesus’ followers were confused. Some of the women and Peter claimed that they had seen the resurrected Jesus. The others just did not know what to think. That afternoon two of the believers, Cleopas and his friend decided to return to their home […]
After speaking to wives, husbands, children, fathers, employees and employers of their need to be Word-filled to do their difficult tasks, Paul follows this with two important Christian duties. Transition This evening we are going to learn what those duties are and how to fulfil them. Read Colossians 4:2-6. Be Praying Earnestly (v.2-4) Be praying […]
This morning we are going to begin a study of the book of Mark. This book was written by John Mark, the young Christian who accompanied Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary trip but quit as things began to get difficult (about A.D. 46). Mark probably wrote this book about 20 years later, shortly […]
Are you filled with the Holy Spirit this morning? That is a question that many Christians do not know how to answer. By the end of our sermon today, I hope you will both know how to be filled with the Spirit and determine to make it a daily practice. Transition In today’s sermon we […]
In Bible days, slavery was common. Slaves had little motivate to do a good job for their master beyond what was necessary to avoid a beating. Masters were often unkind and unfair with their slaves. Thus, the relationship between slaves and masters was often very unloving. When a slave or a master became a Christian, […]
Sir Arnold Lunn, in Memory to Memory, quotes from a book by M. E. Clifton James about Field Marshal Montgomery. Montgomery was famous as a disciplinarian—but there was another side to him. Clifton James was studying him during a rehearsal for D Day. “Within a few yards of where I was standing, a very young […]
When I was a boy, we had many wild apple trees on our farm. Yearly we would get fruit from them, but the amount and quality of fruit varied from year to year. A late frost sometimes killed some buds. Lack of bees to pollinate the flowers sometimes hindered germination. Shortage of water or nutrients […]