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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 FOR PEACE-LOVERS (Narrated by Dorothy S. Mclaren) One morning a little girl, dressed in spotless white, with a lovely bouquet of flowers in her hands, passed by a boy who was playing in the dusty street. The sight of this pretty girl stirred the spirit of mischief in the boy’s heart and ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:18
Tags: Peace
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
CIRRHOSIS OF THE GIVER The disease cirrhosis of the giver was discovered in A.D. 34 by the husband-wife team of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1–11). It is an acute condition that renders the patient’s hands immobile when he is called on to move them in the direction of his wallet or her purse, and ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7, Romans 12:1, Luke 9:23, Philippians 4:19
Tags: Giving General
Denomination: Baptist
THE DEADLY DISEASE OF SIN The Bible is very blunt about sin – it doesn’t matter how YOU grade your sin, if you don’t accept that you’ve sinned… you can’t fix the problem. It’s like a man having a deadly disease. He experiencing distressing physical problems but doesn’t KNOW he’s going to die ... ...read more
Scripture: Romans 6:23
Tags: Dead To Sin
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
SINS ARE HABITS I’m reading a book right now called "The Power of Habit" (http://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit/) about how so much of our daily life is lived by habit. We have to. Our brain needs habits in order for us to be able to function. Just about everything we do is habitual. How ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 4:28, Romans 12:2
Tags: Temptation General
Denomination: Lutheran
Martin Luther said "There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from ...read more
Scripture: Romans 6:1-2
Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus
IS THERE HOPE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF EVANGELICALS? Russell Moore recounts a conversation with the evangelical theologian Carl Henry. As Moore and some of his friends were lamenting the miserable shape of the church, they asked Dr. Henry if he saw any hope in the coming generation of ...read more
Scripture: Acts 9:1-15, Acts 2:47, Romans 8:31-36, Proverbs 20:21, Luke 8:22-25, Matthew 16:18 (view more) (view less)
Tags: God Brings Hope
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: MERIT YOUR FREEDOM In the last days of the Civil War, the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, fell to the Union army. Abraham Lincoln insisted on visiting the city. Even though no one knew he was coming, slaves recognized him immediately and thronged around him. He had ...read more
Scripture: John 21:3-14, Romans 6:1-23, Galatians 5:13-15
Tags: Christian Liberty
THE "GROUP-THINK" IMPULSE Stand up for the truth. Romans 12:2 says, "...Do not be conformed to this world..." [NKJV] People today show a stong tendency to adjust their opinions to match those of the group. This goes a long way towards explaining why only a fraction of the educated population ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:2
Tags: Homosexuality, Peer Pressure, Truth Absolute
Denomination: Pentecostal
FORCED TO KILL Around the time of the Korean War, Kim Joon-gon had seen 2,000 out of 20,000 people on Chunnam Island murdered by the Communists. They dragged he and his family outside their village where Kim’s father and wife were beaten to death and Kim was left for dead. When he revived and ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:17-21, Matthew 5:7
Tags: Mercy, Salvation, Revenge, Vengeance
Earl Wilson: "Today, there are three kinds of people: the have's, the have-not's, and the ...read more
Scripture: Romans 13:8-10, John 15:1-20
Tags: Money, Finances, Debt, Debtor
Adam Clarke was a sales clerk in a store that sold fine silk to people of the upper classes in London. One day his employer showed young Adam how he could increase sales and profits by stretching the silk as he measured it out. Young Adam Clarke looked his ...read more
Scripture: Romans 14:22-23, Proverbs 20:10
Tags: Sin, Dishonesty, Conscience, Temptation General, Clear Conscience (view more) (view less)
The German philosopher Immanuel Kant said this, "Two things fill the mind with ever increasing wonder and awe--the starry ...read more
Scripture: Romans 2:14-15
Tags: Conscience, Moral Law
NO SLACKERS A large company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. This new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning on a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant ...read more
Scripture: Romans 16:6-12
Tags: Work Ethic, Labor Day, Pride Before A Fall
ROCKEFELLER'S GIVING The very first person to reach the status of billionaire was a man who knew how to set goals and follow through. At the age of 23, Rockefeller had become a millionaire, by the age of 50 a billionaire. Every decision, attitude, and relationship was tailored to create his ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:8
Tags: Giving, Missions Giving, Giving General, Principles Of Giving
From R. Paul Stevens: Christian priesthood is not a matter of being religious and Mr. Goody two shoes but of serving God and God’s purposes in the nitty gritty everydayness of life in the world, not a matter of sacred times and sacred places but ordinary times and ordinary places, not a matter ...read more
Scripture: Romans 15:15-16
Tags: Everyday Life, Priestly
Bono, lead singer of U2, said this: "Look, whatever thoughts you have about God, who God is or if God exists--most will agree that God has a special place ...read more
Scripture: Romans 15:26
Tags: Poverty, Poor, Helping Poor
SUPPORTING THE POOR In a 1998 article in Christian History magazine, Rodney Stark said: "In a world lacking social services, Christians were their brothers' keepers. At the end of the second century AD, Tertullian wrote that while pagan temples spend their donations "on feasts and drinking ...read more
Scripture: Romans 15:26, Galatians 2:10
Tags: Charitable, Poor, Benevolence, Helping Poor
The best acronym I have ever seen is H-O-P-E: Hold ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:28-31
Tags: Faith, Heaven, Hope
SERMON BLOOPER!!! One of our youth pastors was leaving to go to another church on the same day my wife and I returned from a mission trip to France to encourage our missionaries there. As we closed the service, I brought my wife on the stage on live tv and illustrated how French churches "greet ...read more
Scripture: Romans 16:16
Tags: Humor, Preacher Bloopers, Holy Kiss
ANDREW MURRAY: "God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life that ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2
Tags: Surrender, Consecration, Commitment To Christ, Lordship Of Jesus
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