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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
DISCERNMENT--OR JUDGMENT? So how does a critical attitude come back to haunt you? Here’s one way. A man wanted to impress his friends with his eye for art as they went to an art gallery together. He forgot his glasses, was nearsighted, and couldn’t hardly see his hand in front of his face. But he ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6
Tags: Gifts Discernment
WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW F.B. Meyer once said that when we see a brother or sister in sin, there are three things we do not know: First, we do not know how hard he or she tried not to sin. Second, we do not know the power of the forces that assailed him or her. Thirdly, we also do not know what we ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16, Acts 9:10-19, Galatians 6:1
Tags: Judgment
NO TEETH Walking towards the United Nations Building in New York City, a street evangelist was observed who was trying to get the attention of passers-by. He urged those near him to flee from the wrath to come. "I warn you," he roared, "that there will be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 13:47-50
Tags: Hell
The typical American has 91% of their net worth in assets versus 9% in ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:19-20
Tags: Materialism
The Top 10 Most Powerful Brands are: 1 Google, 2 GE, 3 Microsoft, 4 Coca-Cola, 5 China Mobile, 6 IBM, 7 Apple, 8 McDonald’s, 9 Nokia, and 10 ...read more
Americans reported $240 million in online fraud losses in ’07 to the FBI (an increase of $40 ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:38-42
Tags: Technology
PERFECT GIFTS Everyone loves to receive gifts at Christmas time. And I am sure that as Christmas approaches, we are wondering what lies behind those wrapped presents. I remember as a child that these four weeks of advent were so difficult. I would go by that tree about 30 million times a day ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25
Tags: Christmas
PARABLES: GROUND RULES The parables help clarify the ground rules of the kingdom. If you’ve ever played baseball, you know that certain parks have ground rules, and the umpires and coaches discuss these rules before each game. For example: At Wrigley Field, a ball that gets lodged in the vines ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 13:10-17
Tags: Parable General
Henry Blackaby said, "You never find God asking persons to dream up what they want to do for Him...Without doubt, the most important factor in each (Biblical) situation was not what the individual wanted to do for God. The most important factor was what God was about to do." (Experiencing God, page ...read more
Scripture: Luke 1:68-79, Matthew 21:1-6
Tags: Finding Fulfillment
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
THE TREASURE OF THE CHURCH St. Lawrence was martyred in 258 A.D., but we remember him not for his martyrdom. We remember him as the Archdeacon of Rome. His responsibilities included maintaining the sacred vessels of the small, struggling church and distributing alms to the poor. While he was ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 15:13-16
Tags: Poverty
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Phillip Keller visited a potter in Pakistan and gained the most understanding ever of the meaning found in "Your will be done in earth as it is in heaven." The words of the prophet came to mind: "Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words" (Jer. 18:2). ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:10
Tags: Lord's Prayer
ON PRAYER Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer told a story on the subject of prayer. A certain minister was in the habit of profound prayers, oftentimes resorting to words beyond the understanding of his simple flock. This went on week after week, to the dismay and frustration of the congregation. At last, a ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15
Tags: Prayer How To
ON PRAYER--PART 2 Samuel Pepys was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament in the seventeenth century, who is now most famous for his diary. "Prayer is not a lazy substitute for work. It is not a shortcut to skill or knowledge. And sometimes God delays the answer to our prayer in ...read more
MORE ON PRAYER Leonard Ravenhill - Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way. Harry Emerson Fosdick - Prayer is putting oneself under God’s influence. Pope Pius XII - A man without ...read more
"IF I DON’T LOVE THIS ONE..." There was a little girl who had a very large collection of dolls heaped on her bed. A guest in her room one day asked herd "Do you love dolls" Then, with tender loving care, she spread out the whole collection for the guest to inspect and admire. The guest asked her, ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:43-47, Matthew 5:38-48, Micah 5:2-5
Tags: Christian Love
"ANYONE CAN DO THAT..." There was a man named Doug Nichols who went to India to be a missionary. While he was just starting to study the language, he became infected with tuberculosis and had to be put in a sanitarium. It was not a very good place to be. It was not very clean and conditions were ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48
WHAT’S UP WITH JESUS? Renowned theologian Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton when a student asked him, "Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" With a modest thunder he stunned the crowd, replying, "No, God has ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20
Tags: Jesus Christ
*The closer we get to Jesus, the more we will see a change in our lives. *Jonah Jones had a terrible childhood. Jonah’s parents were drug traffickers who introduced him to cocaine when he was 8-years-old. Unbelievable! -- but true. Worse than that, Jonah’s stepfather raped him. His mother abused ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 16:20-25
Tags: Testimonies About Jesus, Testimonies, Changed By Christ
Denomination: Baptist
LIVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, no person in all of East Germany was more despised than the former Communist dictator Erich Honniker. He had been stripped of all his offices. Even the Communist Party rejected him. Kicked out of his villa, the new government ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14
HEAVY SLEEP People who sleep less than 6 or more than 9 hours per night are more likely to be obese, claims a new government study. The study also linked light sleepers to higher smoking ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 11:28-29
Tags: Sabbath, Sleep
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