God Makes No Mistakes 9 March 2014 PM – Ephesians 3:1-13 – Eph 14 – Scott Childs Introduction: Let us briefly review what we have learned in the book of Ephesians so far. First, we learned six reasons to bless God (Eph 1:3-14, God blessed us, He chose us, He predestinated us, Christ graciously saved […]
Cain’s Conflict with God 9 March 2014 AM – Genesis 4:1-15 – Gen 14 – Scott Childs Introduction: When a friend asks you about your holiday (whether you went overseas or camping or took a trip), you will tell your friend about the highlights. Most of the little details, you will never mention. The same […]
Foreigner to Family 2 March 2014 PM – Ephesians 2:11-22 – Eph 14 – Scott Childs Introduction When we moved to PNG in August 1984, we were foreigners in a strange land. We only knew one missionary family, everyone else was unknown to us. We were ignorant of the language. The heat was uncomfortable. The […]
Sin Entered the World (2) 2 March 2014 AM – Genesis 3:14-24 – Rom 14 – Scott Childs Introduction: Sin is like dropping a raw egg on a hard floor – the consequences are certain and irreparable. Sin also brings God’s punishment. Transition: This morning we will continue where we left off last week by […]
Sin Entered the World (1) 23 February 2014 AM – Genesis 3:1-13 – Rom 14 – Scott Childs Introduction: “Atheism, in fact, is largely founded on the pessimistic belief that such an evil world proves either that God is not good (condoning evil as He does) or not omnipotent (and therefore unable to correct and […]
Get Alive! 23 February 2014 PM – Ephesians 2:1-10 – Eph 14 – Scott Childs Introduction: In 1996, I coached the under 15’s North Coast Baseball team. One of the things I tried to drill into the players was to get alive as they played. Every player must be alert and know exactly what to […]
Prayer for the Saints 16 February 2014 PM – Ephesians 1:15-23 – Eph 14 – Scott Childs Introduction: It is tragic when a child is born with a physical or mental handicap. He will never able to develop like he should. Our hearts go out to those special people in our world. However, it is […]
Creation’s Appendix 16 February 2014 AM – Genesis 2:1-25 – Gen 14 – Scott Childs Introduction: The authors of many books place additional information in the back of the book in sections called the appendix. This information gives more details to what they wrote within the book. In a sense, Genesis chapter two is an […]
In Ephesians 1:3-6, we found three reasons to bless God. Their focus was on thing that God the Father has done for us – He blessed us, chose us in Christ, and predestinated us to adoption. In verses 7-14, we find three more reasons to bless God. The first two focus on things Christ has […]
Read Genesis 1:1. Today, many professing Christians reject the Bible’s literal interpretation of creation. They believe that the evolution theory, requiring billions of years, is scientific and that the literal interpretation of God’s creation about 6000 years ago is not scientific. Such “Old Earth” Christians believe secular scientists rather than taking God’s Word literally as […]