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Peter's final call to a young and growing church
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Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
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
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
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
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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
PARALLELS BETWEEN ISAAC AND JESUS There is no clearer picture of the Cross and the sacrifice the Father made for us in Christ than Genesis chapter 22. Notice the powerful parallels between Isaac and Christ. Isaac is one of the clearest types of Christ in the Old Testament. 1.Both fulfilled ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14, Romans 5:8, John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 5:21
Tags: Christ, Salvation, Gospel, Cross, Isaac, Typology (view more) (view less)
BUMPER STICKER CONSCIENCE This is a true story. I have a pastor friend in Alabama named Bill who was driving to speak at a church in another county and he was running late. He was driving about 20 miles over the speed limit, when suddenly he remembered he had a Christian bumper sticker on his car. ...read more
Scripture: Romans 13:1-7
Tags: Conscience, Obey Authorities
Biblical Scholar, Dr. Richard Halverson, once said, “When the Greeks got the Gospel, they turned it into a philosophy; when the Romans got the Gospel, they turned it into a government. When the Europeans got the Gospel, they turned it into a culture........ and when ...read more
Scripture: Romans 1:15-16
Tags: Church, America, Gospel
DOES YOUR GOD BLEED? A little boy went up to a missionary Sunday School leader in another country. The boy said, "I like what you say about the God of the Bible but I can’t see him. But if I go to the temple I can see my God." The missionary said to the little boy, "Son, may I ask you a ...read more
Scripture: Romans 5:8
Tags: Salvation, Cross, Blood Of Jesus
The story is told of a farmhand who had worked for a married couple for several years. As time went on, the couple grew older and older and they couldn't do as much they had and the farm was beginning to look a little shabby. The paint on the barn was peeling. The fences had holes in them and slats ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:14-17, Romans 8:14
Tags: Servanthood, Attitude General, Heirs Of God, Co-Heirs With Christ
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