Rearing children who will grow up to be godly servants of the Lord is no small task. It is far more than taking them to church on Sunday, giving them a Christian education, and saying prayers with them before bed. Lack of biblical discipline, anger in the home, failure to instil character, failure to control […]
Writing methods and equipment have changed drastically in the 2000 years since Peter wrote his first book. Today we are able to type a letter that our computer can process it faster than the human hands can type. Some programs even type for you as you talk. We can then print it on high quality […]
One of the things that makes the Bible unique and gives credit to the fact that God is the Bible’s Author is that it contains stories of man’s failures as well as his successes. If its writers were not inspired by God, they would have focussed on their successes and left out many of their […]
As Peter’s letter draws to a close, the Holy Spirit guided him to think back over some of what he wrote and to highlight several facts about our great God. He did not want his readers to be discouraged by suffering for Christ. He wanted them to stay focussed and to keep looking up to […]
After several years of war, the nation of Israel was finally at peace for a time. It was during this time that David thought back on his friendship with Jonathan many years earlier. Those reflections brought to his mind the promise he had made to his dear friend long ago. This brings us to the […]
The world has a twisted view of the devil. Cartoons picture him as a horned creature in a red suit carrying a spear. There is NO truth to that picture. He is not a make-believe character. He is very real. The world honours him on Halloween, but he is our dangerous enemy. Transition This morning […]
Politicians make many promises to get elected that they fail to fulfil once they are in office. They stretch the truth and sometimes even lie to convince voters of their worth. God is not like politicians. When he makes a promise, He always tells the truth and He always keeps His promise in every detail. […]
In our hymnbook, there are four rows of notes for each song. Only the top note is the melody. The other notes are harmony to make it sound nice. An person once asked the famous orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein what was the most difficult instrument to play. He responded with quick wit: “Second fiddle. I […]
Have you ever read a chapter of the Bible and when you finished you had no idea what you read because you were not concentrating? I have. That is doing right in a wrong way. Transition This evening we are going to see how David did right in a wrong way and it ended up […]
(2 Timothy 3:16-17) “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” While not every scripture applies directly to you, all scripture is for your benefit and most contain […]