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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
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:16-18
Tags: Food
"In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 7:7-8
Tags: Confidence
Ethics stays in the prefaces of the average ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:24-33
Tags: Christian Values
"Civility costs nothing, and buys ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 7:12
Tags: Hospitality
"You have to be flexible. If you have a plan and just blindly follow it, its ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25
Tags: Church Discipline
The Golden Rule is of no use to you whatever unless you ...read more
Tags: Jesus Teachings
Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:46-47
Tags: Prayer How To
How seldom is it that the soul keeps itself silent ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 26:36-46
Tags: Suffering Loneliness
A DESPERATE SITUATION The old preacher Vance Havner used to say, "The tragedy of our time is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not." Three weeks before President John Kennedy was assassinated, he said, "Almost all presidents leave office feeling that their work is unfinished. I ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38
Tags: Evangelism Urgency
THE BOTTOM LINE A dairy farmer went to buy a new pickup truck. He had seen an ad in the paper about discounts and factory rebates, so he decided to trade in his old clunker. He chose a new model and was ready to write the check for the full amount. The salesman said, "Wait, I haven't given you the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 16:24-28
Tags: Discipleship
HOWARD HUGHES VS. JIM ELLIOT Howard Hughes' last years were spent in isolation, hidden on the top floor of the Xanadu Hotel in the Bahamas. One biographer wrote about Hughes' appearance before he died: "He was emaciated, practically skeletal, with only 120 pounds stretched over his six-foot, ...read more
MASSIVE PILEUP AHEAD In the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, Juan Manuel Fangio was approaching a dangerous bend for the second time. As he rounded the bend, Fangio noticed that something was wrong. The faces of the spectators were all turned away from him. "If they are not looking at me," Fangio thought, ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30
Tags: Judgment
THE STRESS OF UNCERTAINTY Daniel Gilbert (a psychologist at Harvard), citing a recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, said "that Americans are smiling less and worrying more than they were a year ago, that happiness is down and sadness is up, that we are getting less sleep and smoking more ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:19-34
Tags: Fear And Worry
WHERE IS THE CHURCH WHEN IT HURTS? Where is God in the midst of the storm? One author answered that question with this incident: "In Washington and Chicago, as I talked about the special edition of Where Is God When It Hurts?, inevitably the interviewer would turn the question back on me. 'Well, ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 14:22-36
Tags: Comfort
An honors student in Fort Worth, Texas, was sent to the principal's office and punished for telling a classmate that he believes homosexuality is wrong. Holly Pope said she was "absolutely stunned" when she received a telephone call from an assistant principal at Western Hills High School ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:10-16
Tags: Persecution
AFTER THE BAPTISM Recently my 7-year-old son was baptized at nearby Lake Tahoe. With tears streaming down my face, I watched as he came out of the water, then excitedly asked if he felt any different. "Yeah, Mom, I do," he replied. "Now I have water up my nose!" (Leslie A. Williamson, ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20
Tags: Baptism
PICKING AND CHOOSING An extremely nervous patient came to his dentist for root canal surgery. He was brought into the examining room and made comfortable in the reclining dental chair. The dentist then injected a numbing agent around the patient's tooth, and left the room for a few minutes while ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:17-30
Tags: Bible Truth
HELL IS PAST CALVARY Adrian Rogers once recalled hearing about a nightclub called "The Gates of Hades." The story goes that a newcomer to the city was looking for this nightclub and he stopped a policeman to ask directions. It just so happened that there was a church on that same street called ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 10:28
Tags: Hell
EASTERN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ABOUT HELL Buddhists believe in 7 "hot hells" which await the evildoers - each flanked by 4 torture chambers that include a fiery pit and a quagmire. Tibetan Buddhists also speak of eight cold hells and certain "Frontier" hells for those guilty of lesser sins. Hindus ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 18:1-9
THE BOY AND D. L. MOODY Many years ago, D. L. Moody was going to speak at a church. A nine year old boy heard about the engagement and went to hear Moody. He got there early and went in the Church. A man escorted him immediately out. "This is for adults. Besides, you are not properly dressed and ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 19:13-15
Tags: Compassion
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