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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 story from Warsaw, Ohio, is catching some attention today (August 13, 2014). It seems the dancers at Foxhole nightclub decided to picket a church that had been hassling them for years. Apparently the members and pastor of New Beginnings Ministries felt called by God to try to rid their community ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:1-39
Tags: Sex, Intimacy In Marriage
Denomination: Baptist
CHRISTIANS AREN’T ANY DIFFERENT “We find there is very little difference in ethical behavior between churchgoers and those who are not active religiously. The levels of lying, cheating, and stealing are similar in both groups. Eight out of ten Americans consider themselves Christians, Gallup ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 2:15-16
Tags: Morality, Ten Commandments, Church In America
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Grandma’s Hands When I stand at the graveside for an elderly person, I think about the life they have lived, that dash between the birth date and date of death. I think about all they have seen, all they have experienced. And I think about this story that is told: Grandma, some 90+ years, sat ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:8
Tags: Hands, Graveside
Recently, I was watching a documentary about the top 101 inventions of all time. Pretty cool stuff. Human ingenuity is pretty amazing. We’ve figured out how to do all kinds of things. What are some of the best things human imagination has come up with? I have to tell you, they may not be very ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-29
Tags: Faith, Trusting God, Eternal Life, Human Wisdom
Denomination: Vineyard
When I was in high school at Littlefield, Texas, a boy was occasionally seen in the corridors who I did not ever see in my classes. His head was a grayish purple color, irregularly shaped, and at least twice the size of a normal person’s head. I understood that he was a student at the school who ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:20
Tags: Body, Glorify, Elephant, Proteus
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Recently I was praying at bedtime. I felt overwhelmed by the things I didn’t get done that day; things that would be facing me the moment I opened my eyes the following morning. As I recited my litany of woes, I sensed the Holy Spirit asking me which among them I thought he couldn’t handle. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:7
Tags: Prayer General, Trouble, Trust, Prayer
LETTERS TO THE PASTOR FROM KIDS: Dear Pastor, I would like to go to heaven someday because I know my brother won’t be there. Stephen. Age 8 Dear Pastor, I know God loves everybody but He never met my sister. Yours sincerely, Arnold. Age 7 Dear Pastor, I think a lot more ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-4
Tags: Kids, Pastors, Funny Questions
Heard of anecdotes when something done with an apparently good intention but in a wrong way went haywire? Here’s one for starters... Who can forget a school time story told often to emphasize the importance of proper usage of punctuation marks? It is said that on account of a last-minute ...read more
Scripture: 1 Chronicles 13:1-14
Tags: Mistakes, Miscalculation
Denomination: *other
Theres a song written by Ian Brown, known most famously as the Lead Singer from Manchester Band 'The Stone Roses' The song simply entitled FEAR uses the letters of the word to describe a sentence and the most poignant one of all states:- FINAL EXECUTION AND RESURRECTION Four words which mean ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:18
Tags: Love, Fear, Resurrection, Trust, Perfect Love, Death (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Anglican
John Baker was too short and too slight to be a runner for his high school track team but he loved to run. His best friend was tall and lanky and had the perfect build to be a runner but wanted nothing to do with the sport. So John went to the track coach to convince him to let John on the team ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24
Tags: Finish, Running The Race, Overcoming, Ending Well
Denomination: Methodist
Nantucket, Massachusetts is located next to important shipping lanes running along the East Coast. Toward the end of the 1800s, sailing ships were in their heyday. Nantucket Island saw hundreds of vessels passing by each day—all navigating without the advantages of modern technology. Treacherous ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:1-27
Tags: Evangelism, Servant Attitude
Next to Billy Graham, Rick Warren and Joel Osteen are probably to most recognizable ministers in America. Warren is the author of the top selling hardcover book of all time, The Purpose Driven Life. It sold 30 million copies. Speaking about his "purpose driven" success, in 2005 Warren told U.S. ...read more
Tags: Evangelism, Priority
My Pastor in Calcutta, Pr. Mark Buntin came to India in 1954. He started a series of project for the poor in Calcutta. In 1964, the Buntains opened their first school for 200 children. A year later, they began a feeding program, starting with free school lunches of milk and parathas. One day as ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8
Tags: Sympathize, Compassion For Poor, Compassion
Denomination: Assembly Of God
William Carey, often referred to as the father of the modern missionary movement. He was a brilliant man but came from a very humble beginning. In his early manhood, he worked as a cobbler, a shoe repairman. At a dinner party one evening a man said to Carey, “I understand, Mister Carey that you ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:5-6
Tags: Humble, Humility, Humility And Pride
Be thankful while you wait. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. My Aunt Grace had a large garden. One time she showed me how to cut seed potatoes so that each piece had at least one eye, and we planted them in ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Tags: Thankfulness, Patience, Waiting, Being Prepared
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
I try to think back. I try to remember this life that the Lord gave me ... I just sat there and thought of our Lord and his visit to us all those centuries ago and I said to myself that my great luck was to have had him on my ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:8
Tags: Thanksgiving, Gratitude
: He’s out there, just beyond your field of vision, He’s stalking you. He’s looking for a sign of weakness, He’s ready to pounce and devour. He ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8-9
Tags: Roaring Lion, Satan
Denomination: Pentecostal
Alone in the dark in the Cave Back in my teenage years we would go exploring caves. One day five of us went cave exploring, we only had two flashlights but being young , we thought that was enough. We were deep inside the cave and I decided to climb up a shelf, while the others waited and held the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 31:1-5
Tags: Fear, Trouble
The Nature of Our Enemy One of the foremost rules of warfare is: know your enemy. The more you know about your enemy-how he thinks, what motivates him-the better you are able to devise a means of counteracting his moves and defeating him. To overcome the enemy of our eternal spirit, the devil, the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8
Tags: Enemy, Satan
TEMPTATION Can you see him running, he is running with all his might? Look at the beads of sweat popping out on his forehead. Each step that he takes is labored; he is exhausted from the struggle. Can you see the fear in his eyes as he looks back over his shoulder? Something’s got a hold on him and ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:12-13
Tags: Sin, Temptation
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