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  • A Living Hope

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,687 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. I have a confession to make. There are times that I wonder if I am really saved. 2. I believe that God did call me to be His child. When I first knew this, I could not read enough, worship enough, or talk enough about Him. The joy and excitement of a new found love. A ...read more

  • To Whom Do I Belong?

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 54 ratings
     | 15,643 views

    1. As a child and a teenager, I wanted to be accepted.

    1. As a child and a teenager, I wanted to be accepted. To belong to the circle of friends that lived on my street. I wanted them to like me and to let me be part of the things they did. To be asked to play with them. To be part of the baseball games. To be invited to the birthday parties. To be ...read more

  • The Holy Spirit Working In You

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,465 views

    The Holy Spirit is a work in the world and in His church (believers), but His work in each is different from the work in the other,

    Introductory Considerations 1. Tody is the day of Pentecost, the day on which we remember the events that marked the active beginning and work of the church of Jesus Christ. 2. What does that day of Pentecost make you think of? Is it the wind that blew into the room where the disciples were ...read more

  • Wonderful Words For Wounded Workers

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,384 views

    John 16:1-14 WONDERFUL WORDS FOR WOUNDED WORKERS The disciples were hurting because Jesus was going to leave them.

    John 16:1-14 WONDERFUL WORDS FOR WOUNDED WORKERS The disciples were hurting because Jesus was going to leave them. These words given by Jesus were designed to encourage them. When we are hurting, the place to go is God’s Word for encouragement. THE PURPOSE OF JESUS’ WORDS - Vss. 1, 4 THE ...read more

  • Persecution

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 40 ratings
     | 10,109 views

    1. Today is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.

    1. Today is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. And for many of us this is something we may find hard to relate to. For we live in a land of freedom - free to worship God and free to live out our faith -at least for now. Like me, most of us have never experienced violence in ...read more

  • Back To The Truth

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,698 views

    1. Golfer Payne Stewart and 5 others boarded the Learjet in Orlando for a flight to Dallas.

    1. Golfer Payne Stewart and 5 others boarded the Learjet in Orlando for a flight to Dallas. They ended up a thousand miles north of their destination, crashing near Aberdeen, South Dakota. The eerie things is that for four hours the plane was on autopilot and those on board were not aware of what ...read more

  • Here Is Your Mother

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 264 ratings
     | 23,361 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. Today we again go back to Calvary. Again we see Jesus on the cross. And as we come near to Him, we see two groups of our four standing before the cross. 2. On the one hand we see four soldiers. The ones who had escorted Jesus to this place of crucifixion. One of the ...read more

  • It Is Finished!

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 39 ratings
     | 7,472 views

    Today we consider what Jesus means when He says "it is finished and we ask ourselves if it is finished for us.

    Introductory Considerations 1. After being ordained into ministry and installed in Welland, local paper reported on the event - heading was "From Saving money to saving souls", referring to how an accountant became a minister of the word. Being involved in the work of God in saving souls is a much ...read more

  • He Ascended Into Heaven

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,127 views

    What Christ's ascension and glorification means for us today.

    Introductory Considerations 1. This Thursday is ascension today - a day on which we remember Christ’s ascension into heaven. Used to be a special service - still for some. Last year someone mentioned that I had not even mentioned or preached on ascension since I had been here. Made promise that I ...read more

  • Jesus Appears To Us

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 118 ratings
     | 7,028 views

    Introduction 1.

    Introduction 1. I felt that God had gone away. I felt little hope and the joy of ministry had disappeared. I no longer had the desire, the mission to bring the good news that had motivated me into ministry. It was a dark time, one of the worst times of my life. 2. Do you know what I am talking ...read more

  • 40 Last Days With Their Lord

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 58 ratings
     | 3,996 views

    The way Jesus spent His days on earth after his resurrection were quite different from His ministry before. we consider how and why it was.

    1. Tonight we pause to consider the empty tomb. 2. As we said this morning the resurrection was of the utmost importance to the early church. 3. Easter was not just that day that Christ became alive, but the beginning of new life for His disciples and the promise and seal for new life for all who ...read more

  • How To Experience Pentecost

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 4,262 views

    What the events of Pentecost meant and mean to us today.

    1. Personal illustration of time when I experienced power of Holy Spirit to enable me in my ministry. 2. This experience helps me get some idea of what happened that powerful and wonderful day in Jerusalem nearly 2,000 years ago when the Holy Spirit came down - day of Pentecost 3. Not comparing ...read more

  • Growing - God's Way

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,033 views

    1. In Holland, Michigan we lived on a street which is part of Tulip Lane.

    1. In Holland, Michigan we lived on a street which is part of Tulip Lane. In the fall, city workers planted thousands of tulip bulbs along the boulevard in the middle of our street. In the spring these bulbs would shoot upward out of the ground. To see those plants made us think about how, in a ...read more

  • How To Be Bold

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,595 views

    Introduction 1.

    Introduction 1. A number of years ago, when Margaret and I answered God's call to go into ministry, one of the most important things we had to do was to sell our house. The equity in the house would help pay for all our living and schooling costs for three years. We decided to try and sell the ...read more

  • The Church Takes A Stand

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 95 ratings
     | 10,563 views

    Introduction 1.

    Introduction 1. Today we consider at one of the most crucial decisions in the history of the church of Jesus Christ. Iit took place 1950 years ago - in the year 49AD. Today we are also facing what amounts to the same crucial decision. Within the RCA and within many denominations. As we consider ...read more