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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
75% of Americans identify colleagues from their church as the most important group or network in ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:2-10
Tags: Friendship General
DEADLY PROFESSION Every year, between 300 and 400 doctors take their own lives (roughly one per day). No other profession has a higher suicide rate. And, in sharp contrast to the general population where male suicides outnumber female suicides 4 to 1, the rate among male and ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-5
Tags: Stress
Common sense is genius dressed in its ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13
Tags: Thought
The best memory is that which forgets nothing but injuries. Write kindness in marble ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
Tags: Memories
Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 3:1-10
Tags: Sin General
THE STAGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Several years ago I heard someone describe the Christian experience as similar to that of a piano player, and suddenly the commands of the Bible made more sense and seemed less daunting. When a person begins playing piano, do we expect them to play a piece by ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-3
Tags: Growth In Christ
LOTTERY BLISS UNREALISTIC Every year Americans spend over $50 billion trying to produce an advantage for themselves by winning the lottery. But only a small fraction of those who participate beat the astronomical odds and win the big jackpots. And even those who win find that any joy that they ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:3-10
Tags: Money
BAREFOOT CHRISTIANS: A PARABLE "I arrived in the city of EVERYWHERE early one morning. It was cold, and there were flurries of snow on the ground. As I stepped from the train to the platform, I noticed that the baggage man and the redcap were warmly attired in heavy coats and gloves, but oddly ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:10-12
Tags: Christian Love
CORRECT PHILOSOPHY Ravi Zacharias: "A correct philosophy must be logically consistent, empirically adequate and experientially relevant; all answers must individually correspond to reality, all answers must be coherent with each other." A philosophy must address origin, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Tags: Apologetics General
WE CAN OVERCOME Take for example Egyptian hieroglyphics. In seminary I had plenty of brilliant folks for classmates, just amazing people. One man, Kevin was with us on our trip to the Holy Land. Kevin finishing his M.Div at Princeton and was soon on his way to Harvard for a Ph.D. in biblical ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 5:4-5
Tags: God Brings Hope
STANDING ALONE Richard Exley relates a story in his book, Deliver Me. He grew up in a very similar church as to what this one is now. In fact, the church that he is from, in years past, held the same convictions that we still hold today. In the past, you could not tell a difference between how ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Tags: Temptation General, Temptation Resisting
HOW WILL YOU EVER LEARN? I heard the story of a nine-year-old girl who returned from Sunday School and as her father was sitting down with his newspaper after a delicious Sunday lunch, she asked him some questions. "Daddy, why did God make all the leaves green?" He thought a moment and replied, ...read more
Dr A. C. Dixon: “When we rely on organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely on education, we get what education can do; when we rely on eloquence, we get what ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Tags: Trust, Prayer, Prayer General
Denomination: Independent/Bible
FOLLOW ME. (Christ’s Steps) It is reported that St. Wenceslaus, King of Bohmia, one winters night, going to his devotions in the snow barefooted, his servant, who endeavoured to imitate his master’s piety, began to faint, through the inclemency of the weather, till the king commanded him to follow ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21-25
Tags: Discipleship
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
TAKE TIME TO BY HOLY Let me begin with what little I could glean concerning this hymn and its author: For many years, the only information known about this gospel song was what Ira D. Sankey wrote in his autobiography. Sankey (1840-1908) was the well-known gospel singer and hymn writer who ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:16
Tags: Holiness
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Ann Landers had an interesting letter in one of her columns. She wrote about a man who earned a very good living, but refused to spend the money on anything. When he was dying, he said to his wife, "I want you to promise me one thing. Promise me that when I’m dead you’ll ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:7
Tags: Stewardship
WHAT IS YOUR MONEY DOING TO YOU? On their way to church on Sunday, a mother gave her child a one-dollar bill and a quarter. "Sweetheart," the mother said, "you can place either one in the offering plate. It’s entirely up to you." As they were driving home, the mother asked the daughter what she ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:10
INTERCESSION: PYRAMID PRAYER? Philip Yancey in his book on prayer tells of a young American soldier in Iraq who learns that his wife back home has advanced cervical cancer. Doctors gave a bleak prognosis. In desperation, he sent an urgent email to his church with the request that everyone in turn ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 13:6
Tags: Intercession
IF YOU CARE, GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY God wants us to be concerned about other people. And one of the best ways we can show our concern is by giving them testimonies about Jesus. One of my all-time favorite teachers was Don Wilton. One day in class, Dr. Wilton told us about getting to serve on Billy ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15-16
Tags: Evangelism The Lost
A Lincoln quote, "I don’t think much of a man’s religion if it doesn’t change ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 3:18
Tags: Love, Discipleship
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
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