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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
A mother of a 9-year-old boy named Mark received a phone call from his teacher in the middle of the afternoon. Marks teacher said Mrs. Smith; your son did something that surprised me so much that I thought you should know about it immediately." The mother was uneasy and nervous by such a ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 6:6
Tags: Sacrifice, Love
Marty Williams a Pastor of Family Ministries asks the question that we all must ask ourselves today, “Am I Teachable?” He has 12 thoughts to help us discover if we are teachable: 1. I am willing to listen more than talk. 2. I admit when I am mistaken. 3. I observe before acting on a situation. 4. I ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 8:34-36, Proverbs 1:5
Tags: Basics Of Christianity, Growth In Christ
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Maybe you think about my preaching sometimes like this minister I heard about. He gave an unusual sermon one day, using a peanut to make several important points about the wisdom of God in nature. One of his members greeted him at the door and ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 1:1-7
Tags: Worship Benefits
Denomination: Methodist
A number of years ago, Dr. Waltke, a seminary professor, & three pastors, one of which was Charles Swindol toured the mother church of the First Church of Christ Scientist in downtown Boston. The four were unknown to the elderly lady who was going to give them a tour. They didn’t tell her who they ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:1-16, Proverbs 3:27
Tags: Evangelism Fear Of, Evangelism How To
Denomination: Baptist
A newspaper held a competition to find out how people would describe friendship. The winning answer was, “A friend is someone who’s walking in when everyone else is walking out.” You and I have a friend that will do that, a friend who will stick closer than a brother. Jesus said, “Surely I am ...read more
Scripture: Luke 10:38-42, Proverbs 18:24, Luke 24:13-35
Tags: Friendship New Friends, Friendship General
Denomination: *other
“Make a Friend, Find a Friend!” Proverbs 18: 24 Key verse(s): 24: “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” I am reminded of the story of the great patriot John Randolph of Virginia. Known for his intelligence and generosity, ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 18:24
Tags: Friendship New Friends
Denomination: Lutheran
“Staring Down the Critic’s Barrel!” Proverbs 9: 7-10 Key verse(s): 8b:“. . . rebuke a wise man and he will love you.” The Bible tells us that “rebuke a wise man and he will love you.” Love? What happened to getting the emotional revenge that is so satisfying? There doesn’t seem to be a lot of ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 9:7-10, Psalm 82:3-4, Philippians 2:13-14
Tags: Grace, Leadership General
Mrs.Baughman was my 6th grade Sunday School teacher. One morning, she brought a pan of brownies to our class. As the goodies sat over by her chair, she gave each child a slip of paper marked with a household expense: house payment, utility bill, phone bill, entertainment, etc. My slip had a car ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 3:9-10
Tags: Giving General
Denomination: Church Of God
St Augustine wrote Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure. Where your treasure is, there is your heart. Where you heart is, there is your ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5, Proverbs 4:23
Tags: Gifts Giving
One Saturday afternoon a father and his six-year old son Mickey were fishing near a bridge by the Kokomo Reservoir when a woman lost control of her car, slid off the bridge and hit Mikey at a rate of about 50 mph. Sheriff Marr, the boys grandfather, had seen the results of ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 9:10
Tags: Saint, Miracles Of Jesus, Jesus Christ, God's Provision
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
ILLUSTRATION… “If a child lives”, from a sermon called The Divine Family If a child lives with criticism, HE learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, HE learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, HE learns to be shy. If a child lives with shame, HE learns to feel guilty. If a ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 22:6
Tags: Parenting, Children
A man was watching the news one night when it was reported that a car was going the wrong direction on the freeway. The man knew his wife was on that freeway and became very concerned so called her on her cell phone. She answered and he said, "Dear, there’s one car going ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 14:12
Tags: Universalism, Assurance Of Salvation, Sermon On The Mount
It seems the pastors small son was told by his mother that he should wash his hands because there were germs living in all that dirt. He refused and complained: "Germs and Jesus! Germs and Jesus! ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6
Tags: Children
Denomination: Holiness
There is something wrong when people are leaving the ...read more
Tags: Apologetics General, Unity, What Is Evangelism?
A. A Kentucky mountaineer fighting overseas in WW1 kept getting nagging letters from his wife back home. He was too busy fighting to write letters, even to his wife. At last, angered by his wife’s scolding letters, he sat down and wrote her: "Dear Nancy: I been a-gittin yore naggin letters all ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 21:9, Habakkuk 3:17-18
Tags: Christian Love, Marriage Obligations, Marriage, Polygamy
TOP 5 SIGNS YOUR CHURCH IS TOO CONTEMPORARY: 5. At the annual meeting, you play Survivor to elect new leaders 4. When asked what church things begin with "J", the youth in church shout "Java" before "Jesus" 3. When asked, "Who wrote the Bible?" most members say "Eugene Peterson" 2. To be ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 4:23
Tags: Church General
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. Yes, every morning. However, it debits what is left over at the end of the day. Every evening, it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every penny, of ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 13:5
Tags: Finding Fulfillment, Leadership General
Norman Cousins was diagnosed as having an incurable disease. He was bedridden & the doctors gave him no hope at all. So he decided on his own treatment. His family got a movie projector & rented all the Charlie Chaplin & Abbott & Costello movies that they could find - movies where you just sit ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 17:22, Proverbs 17:21-22, John 20:24-29
Tags: Faith General, Supernatural, Joy
Sometimes fear of punishment motivates better than anything else. One mother decided she would put the fear of a speeding ticket in the speeding drivers going past a local elementary school. Every morning she would park her car in front of the elementary school and point her black hair dryer - ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 10:26-28
Tags: God's Omniscience, Fear And Worry
Numbers of the Bible” One The number one is for God. We must begin with number one or we cannot have number two or any other number. Mathematically speaking we cannot get anywhere without the number one. We must begin with God. Two The number two is for man. Man as an individual. God made ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 18:21, Matthew 17:1-9
Tags: Future, God's Omniscience, Kingdom, Tomorrow
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