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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
“The Lord’s mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Parents, if you get angry with your kids for something they do wrong, and you lose it, do you wait for your children to apologize or do you set the example and go to them? Teenagers, do you find it beneath your dignity to humble yourself to obey your parents’ reasonable expectations? I remember ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:5-11
Tags: Forgiveness For Others
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Ignoring the Warnings. Several years ago, a close frind gave me a old hand bill. It was one of thousands that were supposed be dropped over Japan before the first Atomic bombs were droped. One side was a picture of bombers dropping thier deadly cargo. The other side was in Japanese and the third ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9-14
Tags: Second Coming
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Larry Olsen describes a man lost in the desert: “He has been out of food and water for days. His lips are swollen, his tongue is swollen, he’s all beat up and bloody. Some of his bones are almost peeking through. He has been scraped and beat up by the cactus, sand and sun. He’s blistered. As he’s ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
Tags: Endurance
Denomination: Baptist
In 1858, Francis Ridley Havegal visited Germany with her father, who was being treated for an eye problem. While in a pastor’s home, she saw a painting of the crucifixion with words under it that said:"I did this for thee. What has thou done for me?" Quickly she took a piece of paper and wrote a ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-21
Tags: Faith General, Repentance
We have all heard the "Good New!"..."Bad News!" aphorisms. Here’s one with a little different twist. I have some "Bad News!...Good News!...Best News!" for you... The bad news, you are dying! It’s no joke, biologist tell us that every day, to some extent, each of us are dying...The cells and atoms ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17
Tags: Easter Resurrection
John Wesley and a preacher-friend of plain habits were once invited to dinner where the host’s daughter, noted for her beauty, had been profoundly impressed by Wesley’s preaching. During a pause in the meal, Wesley’s friend took the young woman’s hand and called attention to the sparkling rings she ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:8-16
Tags: Leadership General
A man had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. He could receive little company and was to avoid excitement. While in the hospital a rich uncle died and left him a million dollars. His family wondered how to break the news to him with the least amount of excitement. It was decided to ask ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:16-24
Tags: Gifts Giving
A custom of the natives in New Guinea is told. At certain times they have rituals, songs, and dances. They work themselves up into a frenzy and the ritual culminates in what are called “the murder songs,” in which they shout before God the names of the people they wish to kill. When the natives ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:1-6
Tags: Commitment To Christ, Repentance
H. L. Gee somewhere tells of a tramp who came begging to a good woman’s door. She went to get something to give him and found that she had no change in the house. She went to him and said, “I have not a penny of small change. I need a loaf of bread. Here is a pound note. Go and buy the loaf and ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:11-18
Tags: Faith, Giving General
In the church there is a bond of family, yet room for variety. The devil tries to disrupt unity. To chickens tied at the legs and thrown over a clothesline may be united, but they do not have unity. (Leslie ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:11-14
Tags: Unity
Motivational speaker, Jim McCormick, is a former corporate Chief Operating Officer, MBA, and holder of three skydiving World Records and member of a successful skydiving expedition to the North Pole. He observes: “Salespeople and managers who consistently perform at a higher level have certain ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7
Tags: Endurance, Christian Disciplines
Denomination: Salvation Army
There is a need and a place for programs. If I told you that the programs did not help me, then I would be lying to you, because they did. But Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous could not keep me clean and sober alone! Without the Grace (the unmerited favor) of God, those programs ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Tags: Addiction
The Bible tells the story of Absalom. He was the son of King David — Israel’s greatest king. Through a series of circumstances, Absalom began to despise his father and made plans to become king in his father’s place. He surreptitiously sowed seeds of division and rebellion in his father’s ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 18:1-33
Tags: Repentance, Salvation
Denomination: Methodist
Game’s Only Half Over! (10.04.05--Beginning Again!--2 Samuel 12:20-24) Is there anyone who hasn’t felt the sting of regret and discovered just how bitter it is to live with the thought that if only we hadn’t done this or said that we’d be a whole lot happier at the moment? Beginning again is one ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:20-24
Tags: God's Provision, Regret, Remorse, God's Forgiveness, Face Your Fears, Embarrassment (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Lutheran
Do we sometimes plough on with a project regardless, without any thought or concern for those people that the Lord has already given to us? It’s the Achilles heel of the evangelist, but Paul knows he cannot ignore the needs of his brothers and sisters who are already in Christ. Neither must we ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:12-13
Denomination: Anglican
Two years before I met my wife, my eventual best man Kevin set me up on a blind date. His girlfriend had a friend who was unattached and we all went off to the cinema together. I have to confess that I cannot remember the girl’s name but I can remember that when I got home that evening I was ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-15
Tags: Marriage Struggle
The evangelist David Pawson tells a story about a budgerigar that sang hymns. He belonged to an old lady in Cardiff and could sing a whole verse of ’What a friend we have in Jesus!’ And when visitors come to this old folks home they heard a little voice saying ’What a friend we have in Jesus,’ ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:22-28
Tags: Giving General
I recently heard a radio report about a group of young men in Holland who were trying to break the world’s record for domino toppling. For many weeks they plied their skills, setting up one domino after another until there were ten’s of thousands in place. Knowing that all it would take is one ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 1:11-12
Tags: Wisdom
For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn’t see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time, Bob Edens had sight. He found it ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14-17
Tags: Promises Of God
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